# Accident 19770825029819A: Piper PA25235, Mccullough, AL, August 25, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 1977
- Place: Mccullough, AL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 31.1668° N, 87.5264° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of McCullough, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.1668&lon=-87.5264&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7509Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7509Z-2013-05-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25-235 (registry code 7102504, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25235
- Reported engine: LYC
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,600 total, 208 in this make and model, 208 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA77DKJ79](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA77DKJ79) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770825029819A

## Narrative

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

HIT TREES DURING FORCED LANDING. IDLER GEAR ASSEMBLY,P/N 71668,SEPARATED FROM CAM SHAFT.

## 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 MIA77DKJ79](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA77DKJ79), Aug 25, 1977: Piper PA-25 (N7509Z), Mccullough, AL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7509Z (1)

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

- [Accident 19910921042259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910921042259A), Sep 21, 1991: Piper PA25235 (N7509Z), Brewton, AL, Destroyed. Left wing attachment fitting failed during spray run pull up. Wing seperated. Attach fitting corroded and cracked.

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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