# NTSB CHI66A0089: Piper PA-22, N3208Z, Morocco, IN, May 12, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: May 12, 1966
- Place: Morocco, IN · MOROCCO, IN
- Location: 40.9445° N, 87.4503° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Morocco, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9445&lon=-87.4503&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report January 19, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 172500
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI66A0089
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI66A0089

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-1152  66/5/12    MOROCCO IND         PIPER PA-22         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 32, 269
        TIME - 0145                    N3208Z              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 247 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - LOW CEILING
           WEATHER - RAIN
        WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON
        WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT
        MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED
        TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS                               TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          IFR                                                      NONE
        REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE-5-13-66.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3208Z](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3208Z-1966-07-12), registration cancelled 1966-07-12, S/N 22-7148 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-22
- Registry model: [Piper PA-22-150](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-150) (registry code 7102210) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

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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