# NTSB LAX66A0063: Piper PA-24, N6829P, Santa Ysabel, CA, February 10, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: February 10, 1966
- Place: Santa Ysabel, CA · SANTA YSABEL, CA
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report August 8, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 174140
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX66A0063
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX66A0063

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0160  66/2/10  NR.SANTA YSABEL CALI  PIPER PA-24         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 35, 306
        TIME - 1201                    N6829P              PX-  1  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 105 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - LOW CEILING
           WEATHER - RAIN
        WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE
        WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT
        MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED
        SKY CONDITION                                            VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE
          OBSCURATION                                              ZERO
        PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE                           OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          RAIN                                                     NONE
        TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS                               TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          IFR                                                      NONE
        REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE-2/13/66.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6829P](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6829P-1971-01-12), registration cancelled 1971-01-12, S/N 24-1962 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24
- Registry model: [Piper PA-24-250](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (registry code 7102404) (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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