# NTSB DEN66D0291: Piper PA-28, N5863W, Superior, AZ, March 12, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: March 12, 1966
- Place: Superior, AZ · SUPERIOR, AZ
- Location: 33.2716° N, 111.1242° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Superior, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2716&lon=-111.1242&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 9, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 172684
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN66D0291
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN66D0291

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0807  66/3/12    SUPERIOR ARIZ       PIPER PA-28         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 22, 133
        TIME - 1400                    N5863W              PX-  0  0  2  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 9 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SUPERIOR
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           UNDERSHOOT                                               LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
           COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS                          LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE
        FACTOR(S)
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT
                                  PHYSICAL CONDITION OF PASSENGER
        REMARKS- PASSENGER BECAME ILL
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5863W](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5863W-1994-07-08), registration cancelled 1994-07-08, S/N 282381 (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: Substantial damage
- Airport: Superior

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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