# Accident 19770308004759A: Piper PA25260, Healdsburg, CA, March 8, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 8, 1977
- Place: Healdsburg, CA
- Airport: Healdsburg
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Location: 38.6529° N, 122.8986° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HEALDSBURG MUNI (HES), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6529&lon=-122.8986&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4779Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4779Y-1983-04-11) (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: 2,603 total, 110 in this make and model, 105 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK77DVD25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK77DVD25) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770308004759A

## Narrative

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

EXH STACK BROKE OFF AFT OF #6 CYL.

## 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 OAK77DVD25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK77DVD25), Mar 8, 1977: Piper PA-25 (N4779Y), Healdsburg, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4779Y (2)

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

- [Accident 19810130002339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810130002339A), Jan 30, 1981: Piper PA25260 (N4779Y), Mesa, WA, Destroyed. Stalled and spun in during procedure turn-around from spray run. First spray application runs.
- [Accident 19740520020229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740520020229A), May 20, 1974: Piper PA25260 (N4779Y), Healdsburg, CA, Substantial damage. Collision with grape vines and iron posts. Oil line ovrhtd & separated.

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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