# NTSB IAD71DHD31: Piper J5A, N28196, Smyrna, DE, November 22, 1970

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: November 22, 1970
- Place: Smyrna, DE · SMYRNA, DE
- Location: 39.2953° N, 75.6087° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Smyrna, DE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2953&lon=-75.6087&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 25, 1971
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 159204
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=IAD71DHD31
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD71DHD31

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-4241  70/11/22   SMYRNA,DEL          PIPER J5A           CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 22, 197
        TIME - 0930                    N28196              PX-  0  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 56 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - EWING
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          SMYRNA,DEL                  LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: BUILDING(S)                               TAXI: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - STARTED ENGINE WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE/EQUIPMENT
        REMARKS- PLT PROPPED ENG. ACFT NOT CHOCKED OR TIED DOWN. PAX INADVERTENTLY HIT THROTTLE,WASNT BRIEFED BFOR.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N28196](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N28196-1993-05-18), registration cancelled 1993-05-18, S/N 327940116 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER J5A
- Registry model: [Piper PA-32-300](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (registry code 7103212) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Ewing

## Other investigations on N28196 (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 BFO93FA050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO93FA050), Jan 15, 1993: Piper PA-32-300 (N28196), Ligonier, PA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: VISUAL FLIGHT RULES (VFR) FLIGHT BY THE PILOT INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (IMC), AND THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN SUFFICIENT ALTITUDE FROM THE WOODED TERRAIN. THE TERRAIN AND ADVERSE…

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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