# NTSB FTW68A0024: Piper PA-28, N8493W, Yoakum, TX, September 2, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: September 2, 1967
- Place: Yoakum, TX · YOAKUM, TX
- Location: 29.2931° N, 97.1467° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Yoakum, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.2931&lon=-97.1467&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Completed, report November 24, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 114928
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW68A0024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW68A0024

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0664   67/9/2    YOAKUM,TEX          PIPER PA-28         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 25, 88 TOTAL
        TIME - 0045                    N8493W              PX-  2  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  HOURS, 7 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES                               IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - LOW CEILING
           WEATHER - RAIN
        WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          BROKEN                                                    1400
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          2 MILES OR LESS                                          DRIZZLE
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TEMPERATURE-F
          HAZE                                                      78
        WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES                                   WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS
          110                                                       3
        TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS                               TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          VFR                                                      VFR
        REMARKS- PLT NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.MINIMUM WX CONDITIONS FOR VFR + DARK TERRAIN.FLT BY INST REFERNCE REQUIRD
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8493W](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8493W-1967-11-16), registration cancelled 1967-11-16, S/N 28-2739, built 1965 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28) (registry code 7102801) (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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