# NTSB FTW66A0006: Piper PA-24, N7769P, Lake Charles, LA, July 22, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: July 22, 1965
- Place: Lake Charles, LA · LAKE CHARLES, LA
- Location: 30.2266° N, 93.2174° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lake Charles, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2266&lon=-93.2174&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal
- Status: Completed, report December 7, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 177275
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW66A0006
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW66A0006

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0655  65/7/22  NR.LAKE CHARLES LA    PIPER PA-24         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 17, 127
        TIME - 1345                    N7769P              PX-  3  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 26 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL: SPIN                                              IN FLIGHT: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS
        REMARKS- PHASE OF FLUGHT IS UNKOWN.STUDENT PILOT IN LEFT PILOT SEAT WAS SON OF THE OWNER OFN7769P.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7769P](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7769P-2017-02-04), registration cancelled 2017-02-04, S/N 24-2985, built 1962 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24
- Registry model: [Piper PA-24-250](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (registry code 7102404) (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: 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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