# Accident 19750808025949A: Piper PA25235, Santa Maria, CA, August 8, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 1975
- Place: Santa Maria, CA
- Airport: Santa Maria
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 34.9331° N, 120.4436° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Maria, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9331&lon=-120.4436&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7722Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7722Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25-235 (registry code 7102504, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25235
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 563 total, 120 in this make and model, 125 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX75FUQ06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX75FUQ06-201297) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750808025949A

## Narrative

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

ACFT HIT TELEPHONE LINES. SPRAYING CAULIFLOWER.

## 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 LAX75FUQ06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX75FUQ06-201297), Aug 8, 1975: Piper PA-25 (N7722Z), Santa Maria, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7722Z (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19780720019279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780720019279A), Jul 20, 1978: Piper PA25235 (N7722Z), Parlier, CA, Substantial damage. Forced ldg in vineyard.

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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