# NTSB CHI68A0085: Piper PA-22, N4658Z, Cincinnati, OH, March 30, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: March 30, 1968
- Place: Cincinnati, OH · CINCINNATI, OH
- Location: 39.1035° N, 84.5153° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cincinnati, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1035&lon=-84.5153&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report June 10, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 111336
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI68A0085
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI68A0085

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1023  68/3/30    CINCINNATI,OHIO     PIPER PA-22         CR-  1  0  0  INSTRUCTIONAL             STUDENT, AGE 23, 19 TOTAL
        TIME - 1130                    N4658Z              PX-  0  0  0  TRAINING                  HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - LUNKEN
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED                  LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- LT WING STRUCK RWNY SHOULDER DURING LOW TURN.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4658Z](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4658Z-1968-06-05), registration cancelled 1968-06-05, S/N 22-8182, built 1961 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-22
- Registry model: [Piper PA-22](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22) (registry code 7102202) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Lunken

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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