# NTSB DIA68A0052: Piper PA-23, N5355Y, New Bern, NC, June 21, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: June 21, 1968
- Place: New Bern, NC · NEW BERN, NC
- Location: 35.0927° N, 77.0718° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New Bern, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0927&lon=-77.0718&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report October 31, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 109529
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DIA68A0052
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DIA68A0052

## NTSB brief

```
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2976  68/6/21    NEW BERN,NC         PIPER PA-23         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 43, 1620
        TIME - 0323                    N5355Y              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 120 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SIMMONS-NOTT
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- ARTERIOSCLEROTIC HEART CONDITION.BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL 130 MG PCT,O.1 PCT LIBRIUM.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5355Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5355Y-1971-01-04), registration cancelled 1971-01-04, S/N 27-2428, built 1963 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-23
- Registry model: [Piper PA-23-250](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (registry code 7102308) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Simmons-Nott

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.