# NTSB FTW72DPD47: Piper PA-30, N8372Y, Ranger, TX, June 14, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Closed
- Date: June 14, 1972
- Place: Ranger, TX · RANGER, TX
- Location: 32.4695° N, 98.6757° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ranger, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4695&lon=-98.6757&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Status: Completed, report February 20, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 167487
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW72DPD47
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW72DPD47

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2222  72/6/14    RANGER,TEX          PIPER PA-30         CR-  0  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 39, 1617
        TIME - 1430                    N8372Y              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 151 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT -  PORTER RANCH
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          COLLEGE STATION,TEX         STRAWN,TEX
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE
        FACTOR(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER
        REMARKS- HIT TREE AT EDGE OF PVT STRIP.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8372Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8372Y-2018-02-20), registration cancelled 2018-02-20, S/N 30-1526, built 1967 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-30
- Registry model: [Piper PA-30](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (registry code 7103002) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming IO-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (registry code 41509, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport:  Porter Ranch

## Other investigations on N8372Y (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 ERA14FA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14FA077), Dec 26, 2013: Piper PA-30 (N8372Y), Biglerville, PA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The noninstrument-rated pilot's spatial disorientation after inadvertently encountering instrument meteorological conditions at night and his subsequent loss of airplane control.

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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