# NTSB CHI66D0702: Piper PA-17, N4495H, Lafayette, IN, April 22, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: April 22, 1966
- Place: Lafayette, IN · LAFAYETTE, IN
- Location: 40.3995° N, 86.8628° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lafayette, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3995&lon=-86.8628&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 8, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 178312
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI66D0702
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI66D0702

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0864  66/4/22    LAFAYETTE IND       PIPER PA-17         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             STUDENT, AGE 25, 27 TOTAL
        TIME - 1725                    N4495H              PX-  0  0  0  PRACTICE                  HOURS, 14 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - ARETZ
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT                           TAXI: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - STARTED ENGINE WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE/EQUIPMENT
        REMARKS- PARKED AIRCRAFT TAYLORCRAFT L-2 N4810S SUB.DAMAGE.PILOT PROPPED ENGINE WITH AIRCRAFT UNOCCUPIED.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4495H](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4495H-2015-05-13), registration cancelled 2015-05-13, S/N 15-284, built 1948 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-17
- Registry model: [Piper PA-15](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-15) (registry code 7101502) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental A&C65 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (registry code 17003, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Aretz

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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