# NTSB FTW69F0454: Piper PA-22, N2955P, Austin, TX, December 8, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Closed
- Date: December 8, 1968
- Place: Austin, TX · AUSTIN, TX
- Location: 30.2672° N, 97.7431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Austin, TX, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2672&lon=-97.7431&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 2 serious
- Status: Completed, report May 15, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 192058
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW69F0454
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW69F0454

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-4882   68/12/8   AUSTIN,TEX          PIPER PA-22         CR-  0  1  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 28, 125
        TIME - 1618                    N2955P              PX-  0  1  0  PRACTICE                  TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - ROBERT MUELLER
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - VORTEX TURBULENCE
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE
        REMARKS- WAKE TURBULENCE FROM DEPARTING ELECTRA. R CROSS WIND 60 DEG 7K. TWR CAUTIONED PLT OF TURBULENCE.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2955P](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2955P-2018-03-23), registration cancelled 2018-03-23, S/N 22-3227, built 1955 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-22
- Registry model: [Piper PA-22-150](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-150) (registry code 7102210) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Robert Mueller

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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