# NTSB CHI70A0031: Piper PA-32, N3668W, Jonestown, KY, November 8, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: November 8, 1969
- Place: Jonestown, KY · JONESTOWN, KY
- Location: 37.9770° N, 84.4966° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jonestown, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9770&lon=-84.4966&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 6 fatal
- Status: Completed, report March 3, 1971
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 149562
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI70A0031
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI70A0031

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3769   69/11/8   JONESTOWN,KY        PIPER PA-32         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 42, 722
        TIME - 1851                    N3668W              PX-  5  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 222 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          DAYTONA BEACH,FLA           LONDON,OHIO
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING
           PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - LOW CEILING
        WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONNEL, IN PERSON
        WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER CONSIDERABLY WORSE THAN FORECAST
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          OVERCAST                                                  700
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          3 MILES OR LESS                                          NONE
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS
          HAZE                                                     VFR
        TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          SPECIAL VFR
        REMARKS- PLT OVERFLEW SUITABLE AFLDS.LOW FUEL STATE NEAR DEST.FLEW INTO LOW CLDS,LOST CTL ON SPL VFR CLNC.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3668W](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3668W-2019-12-09), registration cancelled 2019-12-09, S/N 32-576, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32
- Registry model: [Piper PA-32-260](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260) (registry code 7103206) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (registry code 41532, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

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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