# Accident 19760609025009A: Piper PA25235, Tipton, IN, June 9, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 9, 1976
- Place: Tipton, IN
- Airport: Tragesser
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 40.3003° N, 86.0503° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Tragesser Airport (5IN3), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3003&lon=-86.0503&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4773Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4773Y-2012-08-06) (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: 1,300 total, 700 in this make and model, 108 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI76FEA39](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76FEA39) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760609025009A

## Narrative

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

ACFT ABT 250 LB OVR G/W.AFTR CLRG PWR LINE ENTRD STEEP BANK ABT 60 DEG.

## 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 CHI76FEA39](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76FEA39), Jun 9, 1976: Piper PA-25 (N4773Y), Tipton, IN, 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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