# NTSB FTW68D0377: Piper PA-23, N5032Y, Andrews, TX, November 30, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: November 30, 1967
- Place: Andrews, TX · ANDREWS, TX
- Location: 32.3213° N, 102.5518° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Andrews, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3213&lon=-102.5518&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 26, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 112939
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW68D0377
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW68D0377

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-4193  67/11/30   ANDREWS,TEX         PIPER PA-23         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 2000                    N5032Y              PX-  0  0  2  BUSINESS                  AGE 25, 1158 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            55 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - ANDREWS
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: AIRPORT HAZARD                            TAXI: FROM LANDING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: UNMARKED OBSTRUCTIONS
           PERSONNEL - AIRPORT SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: FAILURE TO NOTIFY OF UNSAFE COND/AND OR FAILURE TO MARK OBSTRUCTION
        REMARKS- STRUCK TRASH BARREL NEXT TO NARROW UNLIGHTED TAXIWAY.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5032Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5032Y-2012-09-06), registration cancelled 2012-09-06, S/N 27-2038, built 1962 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-23
- Registry model: [Piper PA-23-250](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (registry code 7102308) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (registry code 41532, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Andrews

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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