# NTSB FTW68A0018: Piper PA-28, N8736W, Ft Davis, TX, August 11, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: August 11, 1967
- Place: Ft Davis, TX · FT DAVIS, TX
- Location: 30.5789° N, 103.8947° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Davis, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.5789&lon=-103.8947&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Completed, report November 6, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 115886
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW68A0018
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW68A0018

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0621  67/8/11    FT DAVIS,TEX        PIPER PA-28         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 38, 643
        TIME - 0340                    N8736W              PX-  2  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 543 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION
        MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          BROKEN                                                    20000
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED                                     NONE
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS
          HAZE                                                     IFR
        TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          NONE
        REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 081567.PLT NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.UNLITED TERRAIN,DARK NITE REQUIRED INSTRUMENT SKILL.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8736W](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8736W-1970-07-28), registration cancelled 1970-07-28, S/N 28-10276 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-235](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-235) (registry code 7102810) (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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