# Accident 19760728024229A: Piper PA25, Ocean City, NJ, July 28, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 1976
- Place: Ocean City, NJ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 39.2693° N, 74.6014° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ocean City, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2693&lon=-74.6014&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6065Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6065Z-1981-10-14) (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: 6,720 total, 330 in this make and model, 86 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC76DHD33](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC76DHD33) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760728024229A

## Narrative

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

PIC PICKED UP ADVERTISING BANNER IN MAIN GEAR AND DRAGGED IT INTO TALL GRASS.

## 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 NYC76DHD33](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC76DHD33), Jul 28, 1976: Piper PA-25 (N6065Z), Ocean City, NJ, substantial damage

## Other reports on N6065Z (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19780711042939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780711042939A), Jul 11, 1978: Piper PA25235 (N6065Z), Skullville, NJ, 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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