# Accident 19760804022499A: Piper PA25235, Hale Center, TX, August 4, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 1976
- Place: Hale Center, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 34.0661° N, 101.8463° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hale Center, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0661&lon=-101.8463&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7662Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7662Z-1980-04-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25-235 (registry code 7102504, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25235
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 632 total, 178 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW76DQG88](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76DQG88) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760804022499A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 FTW76DQG88](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76DQG88), Aug 4, 1976: Piper PA-25 (N7662Z), Hale Center, TX, destroyed

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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