# NTSB LAX67A0055: Piper PA-24, N7824P, Buckeye, AZ, November 29, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: November 29, 1966
- Place: Buckeye, AZ · BUCKEYE, AZ
- Location: 33.3703° N, 112.5838° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Buckeye, AZ, within about 11 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3703&lon=-112.5838&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 15, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 119426
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX67A0055
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX67A0055

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-4348  66/11/29   BUCKEYE ARIZ        PIPER PA-24         CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 1020
        TIME - 1750                    N7824P              PX-  0  0  2  AIR TAXI-PASSG            TOTAL HOURS, 20 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - BUCKEYE-STEPHEN
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
           COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES                                   LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
           SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: BATTERIES
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ELECTRICAL FAILURE
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT
                                  SMOKE IN COCKPIT
                                  APPROACHING DARKNESS
        REMARKS- POSITIVE TERMINAL POST OF BATTERY SEPERATED AT POST BASE.OUTPUT INTERMITTENT WITH ARCING.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7824P](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7824P-2019-07-10), registration cancelled 2019-07-10, S/N 24-3043, built 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)
- 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: Buckeye-Stephen

## Other investigations on N7824P (2)

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 FTW75DRG02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW75DRG02), Jul 13, 1974: Piper PA-24 (N7824P), Austin, TX, substantial damage
- [NTSB LAX70D0178](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX70D0178), Oct 19, 1969: Piper PA-24 (N7824P), Flagstaff, AZ, substantial damage

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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