# NTSB FTW69A0025: Piper PA-23, N1472P, La Grange, TX, October 12, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: October 12, 1968
- Place: La Grange, TX · LA GRANGE, TX
- Location: 29.9126° N, 96.8763° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of La Grange, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9126&lon=-96.8763&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report December 13, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 107819
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW69A0025
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW69A0025

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3545  68/10/12   LA GRANGE,TEX       PIPER PA-23         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 38, 2700
        TIME - 1300                    N1472P              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 1100 IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - GUENTHER
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED                  IN FLIGHT: BUZZING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING
        REMARKS- ACFT OBSERVED BUZZING COTTON FLDS. PLT BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL 315 MG PCT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1472P](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1472P-1971-08-19), registration cancelled 1971-08-19, S/N 23-538 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-23
- Registry model: [Piper PA-23](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23) (registry code 7102302) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Guenther

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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