# NTSB CHI68A0098: Piper PA-28, N5872W, Shelby, OH, May 17, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: May 17, 1968
- Place: Shelby, OH · SHELBY, OH
- Location: 40.8848° N, 82.6582° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Shelby, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8848&lon=-82.6582&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report July 1, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 110892
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI68A0098
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI68A0098

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1247  68/5/17    SHELBY,OHIO         PIPER PA-28         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 57, UNK/NR
        TIME - 0745                    N5872W              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - COMMUNITY
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED                  UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5872W](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5872W-1968-08-22), registration cancelled 1968-08-22, S/N 28-2491 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-150](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-150) (registry code 7102804) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Community

## Other investigations on N5872W (1)

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.

- [NTSB CHI66D0155](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI66D0155), Aug 12, 1965: Piper PA-28 (N5872W), Perrysville, OH, substantial damage

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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