# NTSB IAD71AI012: Piper PA-28R, N7667J, New Castle, DE, October 16, 1970

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: October 16, 1970
- Place: New Castle, DE · NEW CASTLE, DE
- Location: 39.6700° N, 75.5665° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New Castle, DE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6700&lon=-75.5665&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report January 13, 1971
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 160967
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=IAD71AI012
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD71AI012

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1529  70/10/16   NEW CASTLE,DEL      PIPER PA-28R        CR-  1  0  0  COMMERCIAL                AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 1649                    N7667J              PX-  1  0  0  AIR TAXI-PASSG            48, 3012 TOTAL HOURS, 9
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - GTR WILMINGTON
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          TETERBORO,NJ                WILMINGTON,DEL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- PLT RCVD LDG CLRNC,ACFT OBSVD IN CLIMBS,DIVES,TURNS BLO TFC PATTERN ALT BFR IMPACT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7667J](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7667J-1971-03-03), registration cancelled 1971-03-03, S/N 28R-31066, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28R-180](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-180) (registry code 7102809) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Gtr Wilmington

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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