# NTSB DEN66A0042: Piper PA-22, N2924P, Quartzsite, AZ, November 24, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: November 24, 1965
- Place: Quartzsite, AZ · QUARTZSITE, AZ
- Location: 33.6639° N, 114.2299° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Quartzsite, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6639&lon=-114.2299&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report August 10, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 175023
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN66A0042
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN66A0042

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-1055  65/11/24 NR.QUARTZSITE ARIZ    PIPER PA-22         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 54, 110
        TIME - UNK/NR                  N2924P              PX-  1  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - QUARTZSITE
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION
        MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED
        REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 12-17-66.ACFT CRASHED AT NIGHT ON DESERT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2924P](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2924P-1971-01-05), registration cancelled 1971-01-05, S/N 22-3192 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-22
- Registry model: [Piper PA-22-150](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-150) (registry code 7102210) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Quartzsite

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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