# Accident 19760710021109A: Piper PA25235, Americus, GA, July 10, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 10, 1976
- Place: Americus, GA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 32.0742° N, 84.2226° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Americus, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.0742&lon=-84.2226&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4460Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4460Y) (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: 1,630 total, 461 in this make and model, 224 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA76DKG86](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA76DKG86) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760710021109A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK ELECTRIC POWER LINES DURING AERIAL APPLICATION,PEANUT FIELD.

## 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 MIA76DKG86](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA76DKG86), Jul 10, 1976: Piper PA-25 (N4460Y), Americus, GA, 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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