# NTSB CHI66A0097: Piper PA-24, N6686P, North Point, MI, June 8, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: June 8, 1966
- Place: North Point, MI · NORTH POINT, MI
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal
- Status: Completed, report January 31, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 171562
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI66A0097
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI66A0097

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0481   66/6/8    NORTH POINT MICH    PIPER PA-24         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 34, 1625
        TIME - 1031                    N6686P              PX-  3  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           UNDETERMINED                                             UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER
                                  UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        REMARKS- OCCUPANTS BODIES RECOVERED FROM L.HURON,ACFT IS MISSING.PILOT RADIOED MAYDAY.DID NOT DEFINE EMERG.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6686P](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6686P-1970-07-27), registration cancelled 1970-07-27, S/N 241810, built 1960 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24
- Registry model: [Piper PA-24-250](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (registry code 7102404) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Phelps-Collins

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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