# NTSB FTW66A0010: Piper PA-23, N2025P, Tahlequah, OK, July 29, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: July 29, 1965
- Place: Tahlequah, OK · TAHLEQUAH, OK
- Location: 35.9105° N, 94.9777° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tahlequah, OK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9105&lon=-94.9777&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 6 fatal
- Status: Completed, report January 6, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 177317
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW66A0010
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW66A0010

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0755  65/7/29    TAHLEQUAH OKLA      PIPER PA-23         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 38, 81 TOTAL
        TIME - 0944                    N2025P              PX-  5  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  HOURS, 17 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - TAHLEQUAH MUNICIP
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION                            TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB
           STALL: SPIRAL                                            TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G.
        PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2025P](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2025P-1965-08-12), registration cancelled 1965-08-12, S/N 23-599 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-23
- Registry model: [Piper PA-23](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23) (registry code 7102302) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Tahlequah Municip

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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