# Accident 19770914027379A: Piper PA25235, Maricopa, AZ, September 14, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 14, 1977
- Place: Maricopa, AZ
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- Location: 33.0581° N, 112.0476° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Maricopa, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0581&lon=-112.0476&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6601Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6601Z-1996-02-20) (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: 1,200 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 450 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX77FUK03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX77FUK03) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770914027379A

## Narrative

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

LOADER WALKED INTO PROP.

## 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 LAX77FUK03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX77FUK03), Sep 14, 1977: Piper PA-25 (N6601Z), Maricopa, AZ, no 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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