# Accident 19750710018469A: Piper PA25235, Corcoran, CA, July 10, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 10, 1975
- Place: Corcoran, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 36.0840° N, 119.5612° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Corcoran, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0840&lon=-119.5612&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4518Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4518Y-1975-08-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25-235 (registry code 7102504, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25235
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 0 in this make and model, 46 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK76DVA03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK76DVA03) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750710018469A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PLT FLEW OVER WIRES THEN UNDER OTR WIRES. GR CAUGHT IN SAFFLOWER. NITE OPN.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB OAK76DVA03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK76DVA03), Jul 10, 1975: Piper PA-25 (N4518Y), Corcoran, CA, destroyed

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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