# NTSB FTW66A0024: Piper PA-30, N7229Y, Lowake, TX, August 27, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: August 27, 1965
- Place: Lowake, TX · LOWAKE, TX
- Location: 31.5663° N, 100.0759° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lowake, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.5663&lon=-100.0759&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal, 2 serious
- Status: Completed, report December 22, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 175841
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW66A0024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW66A0024

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0849  65/8/27    LOWAKE TEX          PIPER PA-30         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 39, 321
        TIME - 1430                    N7229Y              PX-  1  2  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 86 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - LOWAKE INN STRIP
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION                            TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB
           STALL: SPIN                                              TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES
        FACTOR(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT
        COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7229Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7229Y-1965-11-04), registration cancelled 1965-11-04, S/N 30-253 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-30
- Registry model: [Piper PA-30](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (registry code 7103002) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Lowake Inn Strip

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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