# Accident 19770306015259A: Piper PA25260, Knox City, TX, March 6, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 6, 1977
- Place: Knox City, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 33.4176° N, 99.8157° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Knox City, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4176&lon=-99.8157&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4940Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4940Y-1977-08-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25-260 (registry code 7102508, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25260
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 25,300 total, 0 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW77DPD14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW77DPD14) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770306015259A

## 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 FTW77DPD14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW77DPD14), Mar 6, 1977: Piper PA-25 (N4940Y), Knox City, 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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