# NTSB DIA68A0053: Piper PA-28, N6957W, Greenville, NC, June 24, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: June 24, 1968
- Place: Greenville, NC · GREENVILLE, NC
- Location: 35.6127° N, 77.3664° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Greenville, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6127&lon=-77.3664&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report August 21, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 109843
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DIA68A0053
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DIA68A0053

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1961  68/6/24    GREENVILLE,NC       PIPER PA-28         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 29, 122
        TIME - 0227                    N6957W              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 78 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - PITT-GREENVILLE
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED                  IN FLIGHT: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION
        REMARKS- ACFT DESCENDED TO GRND WHILE IN CIRCLING FLIGHT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6957W](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6957W-2011-08-08), registration cancelled 2011-08-08, S/N 28-21149, built 1965 (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)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Pitt-Greenville

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