# Incident 19930511023569I: Piper PA25235, Unionville, PA, May 11, 1993

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 11, 1993, 14:15 local time
- Place: Unionville, PA
- Airport: Keystone Gliderport
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.9062° N, 77.8767° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Unionville, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9062&lon=-77.8767&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7460Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7460Z) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,148 total, 253 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930511023569I

## Narrative

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

TOW LINE STRUCK A POWERLINE AS PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO RELEASE TOW LINE. LANDED SAFELY.

## Other reports on N7460Z (3)

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

- [Accident 20000318006712A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000318006712A), Mar 18, 2000: Piper PA25235 (N7460Z), Erwinna, PA, Substantial damage. (-23) Instructor and private pilot onboard decathalon N2520Z were on final approach to van sant airport (9N1) and were overtaken from behind and involved in…
- [Incident 19850510048189I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850510048189I), May 10, 1985: Piper PA25235 (N7460Z), Gibsonville, NC, Minor damage. Landed in field after partial power loss. Found a hole burned in exhaust pipe under carburetor heat shield.
- [Incident 19781014030319I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781014030319I), Oct 14, 1978: Piper PA25235 (N7460Z), Durham, NC, Minor damage. Pilot on banner towing operation ran out of fuel. Pilot certificate, aircraft papers not at hand.

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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