# NTSB DIA68A0045: Piper PA-28, N9835W, Lizemores, WV, March 6, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: March 6, 1968
- Place: Lizemores, WV · LIZEMORES, WV
- Location: 38.3340° N, 81.1751° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lizemores, WV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3340&lon=-81.1751&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report October 14, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 111546
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DIA68A0045
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DIA68A0045

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2668   68/3/6    LIZEMORES,W VA      PIPER PA-28         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             STUDENT, AGE 22, 10 TOTAL
        TIME - UNK/NR                  N9835W              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNQUALIFIED PERSON OPERATED AIRCRAFT
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - STOLEN OR UNAUTH=
        MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 4/23/68.PLT HAD NOT SOLOED. ACFT PRESUMED TO HAVE BEEN STOLEN DURING EARLY AM HRS.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9835W](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9835W-1970-06-25), registration cancelled 1970-06-25, S/N 28-23341, built 1967 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-140](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (registry code 7102802) (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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