# Accident 19750715025209A: Piper PA25235, Bancroft, WI, July 15, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 15, 1975
- Place: Bancroft, WI
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 44.3086° N, 89.5062° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bancroft, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3086&lon=-89.5062&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4659Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4659Y-1998-05-01) (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: 3,721 total, 1,304 in this make and model, 335 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI76DEP03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76DEP03) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750715025209A

## Narrative

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

DRG TURN BACK TO FLD HIT TREE ON TOP OF HILL.

## 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 CHI76DEP03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76DEP03), Jul 15, 1975: Piper PA-25 (N4659Y), Bancroft, WI, substantial damage

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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