# NTSB FTW68A0042: Piper PA-32, N3953W, Dallas, TX, October 13, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: October 13, 1967
- Place: Dallas, TX · DALLAS, TX
- Location: 32.7831° N, 96.8067° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dallas, TX, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7831&lon=-96.8067&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 7 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 24, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 113140
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW68A0042
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW68A0042

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3022  67/10/13   DALLAS,TEX          PIPER PA-32         CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE
        TIME - 0532                    N3953W              PX-  0  0  6  COMMUTER AIR CARRIER      43, 6800 TOTAL HOURS, 9
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0  AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D        IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - LOVE FIELD
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           TAXI: FROM LANDING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE
        FACTOR(S)
           PERSONNEL - AIRPORT SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE-AIRPORT FACILITIES
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
        REMARKS- PLT TURNED LEFT TO RAMP TAXIWAY TOO SOON,L.LNDG GR STRUCK ERRODED AREA ADJ.RNWY-TAXIWAY JUNCTION.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3953W](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3953W-1972-05-16), registration cancelled 1972-05-16, S/N 32-902 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32
- Registry model: [Piper PA-32-260](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260) (registry code 7103206) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Love Field

## Other investigations on N3953W (1)

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.

- [NTSB MIA72AM107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA72AM107), Apr 9, 1972: Piper PA-32 (N3953W), Fort Payne, AL, destroyed, 7 fatal

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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