# NTSB LAX66D0109: Piper PA-28, N8507W, Dyer, NV, August 5, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: August 5, 1965
- Place: Dyer, NV · DYER, NV
- Location: 37.6675° N, 118.0664° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dyer, NV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6675&lon=-118.0664&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 3, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 176134
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX66D0109
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX66D0109

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2740   65/8/5    DYER NEV            PIPER PA-28         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 62, 625
        TIME - 1842                    N8507W              PX-  0  0  3  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 3 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - DYER
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: ROLL
           NOSE OVER/DOWN                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8507W](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8507W-2015-05-11), registration cancelled 2015-05-11, S/N 28-10008, built 1963 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-235](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-235) (registry code 7102810) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (registry code 41532, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Dyer

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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