# NTSB ANC66A0017: Piper PA-22S, N7110D, Ketchikan, AK, October 14, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: October 14, 1965
- Place: Ketchikan, AK · KETCHIKAN, AK
- Location: 55.3571° N, 131.6746° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ketchikan, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=55.3571&lon=-131.6746&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report April 20, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 175886
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC66A0017
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC66A0017

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0986  65/10/14 NR.KETCHIKAN,ALAS     PIPER PA-22S        CR-  1  0  0  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 57, 13992
        TIME - 1235                    N7110D              PX-  0  0  0  AIR TAXI-PASSG            TOTAL HOURS, 2795 IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS
           WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS
        WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED
        WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          BROKEN/LOWER SCATTERED                                    2500
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED)                                     NONE
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS
          NONE                                                     VFR
        TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          NONE
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7110D](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7110D-1966-01-03), registration cancelled 1966-01-03, S/N 22-4968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-22S
- Registry model: [Piper PA-22-150](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-150) (registry code 7102210) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

## Other investigations on N7110D (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 UNK64X0963](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X0963), Mar 17, 1964: Piper PA22 (N7110D), Ketchikan, AK, 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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