# NTSB CHI72AC035: Piper PA-28, N8833J, Pemberton, OH, October 10, 1971

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: October 10, 1971
- Place: Pemberton, OH · PEMBERTON, OH
- Location: 40.2948° N, 84.0324° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pemberton, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2948&lon=-84.0324&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 5 fatal
- Status: Completed, report May 22, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 164319
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI72AC035
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI72AC035

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3830  71/10/10   PEMBERTON,OHIO      PIPER PA-28         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 35,
        TIME - 1224                    N8833J              PX-  4  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            UNK/NR IN TYPE, NOT
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          DANVILLE,ILL                BELLEFONTE,PA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - LOW CEILING
           WEATHER - FOG
           PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT
        WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON
        WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER CONSIDERABLY WORSE THAN FORECAST
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          OVERCAST                                                  500
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED)                                     NONE
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS
          FOG                                                      IFR
        TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          NONE
        REMARKS- RECORDS SHOW PLT HAD ABOUT 17 HRS DUAL WITH IP. PLT HAD SIGNIFICANT LEVEL CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8833J](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8833J-1971-12-03), registration cancelled 1971-12-03, S/N 28-2789 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-180](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (registry code 7102808) (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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