# Accident 19760726020889A: Piper PA25, Smyer, TX, July 26, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 26, 1976
- Place: Smyer, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 33.5874° N, 102.1635° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Smyer, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5874&lon=-102.1635&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6144Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6144Z-1984-05-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25 (registry code 7102502, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,190 total, 74 in this make and model, 77 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW76DQG87](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76DQG87) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760726020889A

## Narrative

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

AVOIDING PWR POLES.

## 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 FTW76DQG87](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76DQG87), Jul 26, 1976: Piper PA-25 (N6144Z), Smyer, TX, 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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