# NTSB ANC66D0074: Piper PA-20, N6899K, Barrow, AK, December 5, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Closed
- Date: December 5, 1965
- Place: Barrow, AK · BARROW, AK
- Location: 71.2644° N, 156.7537° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Utqiaġvik, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=71.2644&lon=-156.7537&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report January 7, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 174761
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC66D0074
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC66D0074

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3448   65/12/5   BARROW ALAS         PIPER PA-20         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             STUDENT, AGE 21, 102
        TIME - 1115                    N6899K              PX-  0  0  0  PRACTICE                  TOTAL HOURS, 43 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - COLVILLE
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL: SPIRAL                                            LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
          PILOT-LOST CONTROL WHEN WINDSHIELD FOGGED UP.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6899K](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6899K-1966-01-19), registration cancelled 1966-01-19, S/N 20-672 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-20
- Registry model: [Piper PA-20](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-20) (registry code 7102002) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Colville

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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