# NTSB MIA73FLD06: Piper PA-25, N4404Y, Ft Pierce, FL, August 11, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Closed
- Date: August 11, 1972
- Place: Ft Pierce, FL · FT PIERCE, FL
- Location: 27.4256° N, 80.3404° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Pierce, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.4256&lon=-80.3404&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report February 21, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 163346
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA73FLD06
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73FLD06

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2314  72/8/11    FT PIERCE,FLA       PIPER PA-25         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 26, 2691
        TIME - 1053                    N4404Y              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 76 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SUNRISE
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          FT PIERCE,FLA               LAKELAND,FLA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS                          TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE
        FACTOR(S)
           TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
        REMARKS- AFTR HITTING TWO 4FT WIRE FENCES,HIT TWO PINE TREES.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4404Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4404Y-1990-06-22), registration cancelled 1990-06-22, S/N 254011 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-25
- Registry model: [Piper PA-25-235](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25-235) (registry code 7102504) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Sunrise

## Other investigations on N4404Y (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 MIA68F0072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA68F0072), Jul 6, 1967: Piper PA-25 (N4404Y), Inverness, FL, substantial damage

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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