# Accident 19760927031609A: Piper PA25235, Safford, AZ, September 27, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 27, 1976
- Place: Safford, AZ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 32.8333° N, 109.6974° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Safford, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8333&lon=-109.6974&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7670Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7670Z-1979-07-10) (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
- Reported engine: LYC
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,943 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX76DUK12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX76DUK12) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760927031609A

## Narrative

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

FORCED LDG AT LOW ALT.CROSS ROWS OF COTTON FIELD.SEEDING ALFALFA.

## 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 LAX76DUK12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX76DUK12), Sep 27, 1976: Piper PA-25 (N7670Z), Safford, AZ, 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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