# NTSB CHI65A0088: Piper PA-24, N6356P, Flint, MI, April 6, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: April 6, 1965
- Place: Flint, MI · FLINT, MI
- Location: 43.0125° N, 83.6875° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Flint, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0125&lon=-83.6875&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report September 9, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 179317
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI65A0088
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI65A0088

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0445   65/4/6    FLINT MICH          PIPER PA-24         CR-  2  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 2154                    N6356P              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  AGE 36, 405 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            191 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - FLINT BISHOP
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES                               LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALTIMETER SETTING-INCORRECT
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - LOW CEILING
           WEATHER - FOG
        WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE
        WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER CONSIDERABLY WORSE THAN FORECAST
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          OBSCURATION                                               7000
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          1/2 MILE OR LESS                                         NONE
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TEMPERATURE-F
          FOG                                                       40
        WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES                                   WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS
          110                                                       6
        TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS                               TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          IFR                                                      IFR
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- ALTIMETER WAS SET TO 29.97 CORRECT SETTING 29.80 PUT AIRCRAFT 170 FT. LOW DURING ILS
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6356P](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6356P-1965-05-03), registration cancelled 1965-05-03, S/N 24-1466 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24
- Registry model: [Piper PA-24](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24) (registry code 7102402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Flint Bishop

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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