# NTSB CHI67A0014: Piper PA-28, N8613W, Whitehall, OH, September 28, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: September 28, 1966
- Place: Whitehall, OH · WHITEHALL, OH
- Location: 39.9690° N, 82.8839° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Whitehall, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9690&lon=-82.8839&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report April 7, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 201153
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI67A0014
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI67A0014-201153

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0837  66/9/28    WHITEHALL OHIO      PIPER PA-28         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 37, 137
        TIME - 1858                    N8613W              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 15 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - PORT COLUMBUS
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INCAPACITATION
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT SUFFERED HEART ATTACK
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8613W](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8613W-1970-04-14), registration cancelled 1970-04-14, S/N 28-10120 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-235](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-235) (registry code 7102810) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Port Columbus

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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