# NTSB MIA70F0091: Piper PA-25, N6252Z, Eupora, MS, August 14, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: August 14, 1969
- Place: Eupora, MS · EUPORA, MS
- Location: 33.5426° N, 89.2793° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Eupora, MS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5426&lon=-89.2793&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 15, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 169844
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA70F0091
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA70F0091

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2326  69/8/14    EUPORA,MISS         PIPER PA-25         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 57, 10000
        TIME - 1645                    N6252Z              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 350 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - EUPORA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS                          TAKEOFF: ABORTED
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: ELEVATOR ASSEMBLY,ATTACHMENTS
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT
                                  SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY
        REMARKS- FORWARD SECTION OF LINK ASSEMBLY ELEVATOR TRIM CONTROL P/N64772-00 BROKE THROUGH ATTACHMENT HOLE.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6252Z](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6252Z-1981-12-24), registration cancelled 1981-12-24, S/N 25-311 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-25
- Registry model: [Piper PA-25](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25) (registry code 7102502) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Eupora

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.

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