# NTSB IAD70A0016: Piper PA-28, N7910W, Salisbury, NC, August 21, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: August 21, 1969
- Place: Salisbury, NC · SALISBURY, NC
- Location: 35.6651° N, 80.4919° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Salisbury, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6651&lon=-80.4919&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal
- Status: Completed, report November 26, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 164292
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=IAD70A0016
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD70A0016

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2475  69/8/21    SALISBURY,NC        PIPER PA-28         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 28, 163
        TIME - 1110                    N7910W              PX-  3  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - ROWAN COUNTY
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          SALISBURY,NC                SALISBURY,NC
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     IN FLIGHT: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- STRUCK TREES DURING RECOVERY FROM LOW ALT SPIN.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7910W](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7910W-1970-06-30), registration cancelled 1970-06-30, S/N 28-1943 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-180](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (registry code 7102808) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Rowan County

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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