# NTSB CHI69A0084: Piper PA-24, N6346P, Aledo, IL, March 30, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: March 30, 1969
- Place: Aledo, IL · ALEDO, IL
- Location: 41.1986° N, 90.7464° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Aledo, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1986&lon=-90.7464&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal
- Status: Completed, report September 15, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 185155
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI69A0084
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI69A0084

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2298  69/3/30    ALEDO,ILL           PIPER PA-24         CR-  2  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 30, 120
        TIME - 1815                    N6346P              PX-  2  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MERCER COUNTY
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL: SPIN                                              IN FLIGHT: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
        REMARKS- ACFT OBSERVED TO SPIN WITH NO EVIDENCE OF RECOVERY ATTEMPT. LDG GR DOWN,FLAPS FULL DOWN.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6346P](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6346P-1970-06-22), registration cancelled 1970-06-22, S/N 24-1456 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24
- Registry model: [Piper PA-24](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24) (registry code 7102402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Mercer County

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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