19751106041039A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-23 · Orinda, CA · November 6, 1975

Date
November 6, 1975
Place
Orinda, CA
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N1225P
Reported as
Piper PA23
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,700 total780 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Acft struck static ground cables strung 432 ft above valley floor.

As the FAA filed it

ACFT STRUCK STATIC GROUND CABLES STRUNG 432 FT ABOVE VALLEY FLOOR.