# NTSB DIA67F0023: Piper PA-23, N4962P, Hagerstown, MD, January 11, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: January 11, 1967
- Place: Hagerstown, MD · HAGERSTOWN, MD
- Location: 39.6380° N, 77.7233° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hagerstown, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6380&lon=-77.7233&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 29, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 119624
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DIA67F0023
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DIA67F0023

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0102  67/1/11    HAGERSTOWN MD       PIPER PA-23         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1115                    N4962P              PX-  0  0  1  CORP/EXEC                 AGE 36, 2300 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            400 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - HAGERSTOWN MUNI.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK                                  TAXI: TO TAKEOFF
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4962P](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4962P-2013-06-18), registration cancelled 2013-06-18, S/N 27-563, built 1963 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-23
- Registry model: [Piper PA-23-235](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-235) (registry code 7102306) (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: Substantial damage
- Airport: Hagerstown Muni.

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