# NTSB IAD70A0019: Piper PA-23, N6265Y, Wake Forest, NC, September 16, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: September 16, 1969
- Place: Wake Forest, NC · WAKE FOREST, NC
- Location: 35.9637° N, 78.5117° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wake Forest, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9637&lon=-78.5117&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report January 28, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 159748
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=IAD70A0019
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD70A0019

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2825  69/9/16    WAKE FOREST,NC      PIPER PA-23         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 51, 2053
        TIME - 0707                    N6265Y              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 151 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          ROANOKE,VA                  RALEIGH,NC
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL
           PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - FOG
        WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE
        WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED                                     UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          1 MILE OR LESS                                           NONE
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TEMPERATURE-F
          GROUND FOG                                                58
        WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES                                   WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS
          140                                                       3
        TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS                               TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          IFR                                                      VFR
        REMARKS- PLT OFFERED IFR APPCH BY APPCH CONTROL.CRASHED WHILE ON RADAR VECTOR APPCH.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6265Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6265Y-1970-06-23), registration cancelled 1970-06-23, S/N 27-3507 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-23
- Registry model: [Piper PA-23-250](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (registry code 7102308) (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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