# NTSB FTW69A0031: Piper PA-24, N8948P, Fayetteville, AR, July 28, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: July 28, 1968
- Place: Fayetteville, AR · FAYETTEVILLE, AR
- Location: 36.0626° N, 94.1574° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fayetteville, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0626&lon=-94.1574&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report January 27, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 201072
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW69A0031
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW69A0031-201072

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-4065  68/7/28    FAYETTEVILLE,ARK    PIPER PA-24         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 17, 103
        TIME - 2245                    N8948P              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 9 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 - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION
           PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
        MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED
        REMARKS- PLT TOOK OFF INTO UNPOPULATED MOUNTAINOUS AREA DESPITE WARNING.3 HRS NITE TIME.RECOV DATE 11/7/68.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8948P](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8948P-1969-02-11), registration cancelled 1969-02-11, S/N 24-4404 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24
- Registry model: [Piper PA-24-260](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (registry code 7102406) (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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