# Accident 19760705017899A: Piper PA25235, Joes, CO, July 5, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 5, 1976
- Place: Joes, CO
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 39.6596° N, 102.6785° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Joes, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6596&lon=-102.6785&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6442Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6442Z-2013-02-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25 (registry code 7102502, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25235
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 43 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN76DTE79](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN76DTE79) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760705017899A

## Narrative

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

LEFT WING STRUCK POWERLINE AS ACFT PASSED UNDER THEM AT END OF SWATH RUN

## 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 DEN76DTE79](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN76DTE79), Jul 5, 1976: Piper PA-25 (N6442Z), Joes, CO, 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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