# NTSB DEN67A0081: Piper PA-18, N3470Z, Arminto, WY, June 24, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: June 24, 1967
- Place: Arminto, WY · ARMINTO, WY
- Location: 43.1789° N, 107.2576° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Arminto, WY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1789&lon=-107.2576&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report January 19, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 116944
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN67A0081
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN67A0081

## NTSB brief

```
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0812  67/6/24    ARMINTO,WYO         PIPER PA-18         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             STUDENT, AGE 26, 80 TOTAL
        TIME - 1900                    N3470Z              PX-  1  0  0  BUSINESS                  HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - BUFFALO CREEK
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           UNDETERMINED                                             UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED
        REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 06-25-67
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3470Z](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3470Z-1967-11-09), registration cancelled 1967-11-09, S/N 18-7288 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-18
- Registry model: [Piper PA-18-150](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (registry code 7101828) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Buffalo Creek

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.