# NTSB CHI66F0077: Piper PA-20, N7411K, Luzerne, MI, June 12, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: June 12, 1965
- Place: Luzerne, MI · LUZERNE, MI
- Location: 44.6158° N, 84.2711° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Luzerne, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.6158&lon=-84.2711&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 19, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 177529
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI66F0077
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI66F0077

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1672  65/6/12    LUZERNE MICH        PIPER PA-20         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 47, 600
        TIME - 1630                    N7411K              PX-  0  0  2  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 97 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - LOST CREEK SKY RN
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: ROLL
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     LANDING: GO-AROUND
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
           PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7411K](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7411K-2017-02-04), registration cancelled 2017-02-04, S/N 20-321, built 1950 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-20
- Registry model: [Piper PA-20](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-20) (registry code 7102002) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-290 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (registry code 41506, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Lost Creek Sky Rn

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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