# Accident 19780226002139A: Piper PA25235, Cotati, CA, February 26, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 26, 1978
- Place: Cotati, CA
- Airport: Pasture Strip
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 38.3285° N, 122.7100° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cotati, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3285&lon=-122.7100&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8623L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8623L-1982-01-05) (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: 4,570 total, 620 in this make and model, 114 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK78FVD20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK78FVD20) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780226002139A

## Narrative

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

LEFT WING STRUCK UTILITY POWER LINES.

## 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 OAK78FVD20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK78FVD20), Feb 26, 1978: Piper PA-25 (N8623L), Cotati, CA, 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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