# NTSB DIA68D0025: Piper PA-18, N7693D, Brookneal, VA, June 21, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: June 21, 1967
- Place: Brookneal, VA · BROOKNEAL, VA
- Location: 37.0480° N, 78.9539° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Brookneal, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0480&lon=-78.9539&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 26, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 116127
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DIA68D0025
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DIA68D0025

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2035  67/6/21    BROOKNEAL,VA        PIPER PA-18         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 37, 278
        TIME - 1030                    N7693D              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 178 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - HOLT
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           UNDERSHOOT                                               LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
           STALL: MUSH                                              LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7693D](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7693D-1971-03-20), registration cancelled 1971-03-20, S/N 18-5920 (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: Substantial damage
- Airport: Holt

## Other investigations on N7693D (1)

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.

- [NTSB IAD71FID07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD71FID07), Sep 4, 1970: Piper PA-18 (N7693D), Virginia Beach, VA, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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