# NTSB LAX67A0063: Piper PA-18, N4195Z, Earlimart, CA, January 1, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: January 1, 1967
- Place: Earlimart, CA · EARLIMART, CA
- Location: 35.8914° N, 119.2721° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Earlimart, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8914&lon=-119.2721&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report February 10, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 119511
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX67A0063
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX67A0063

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-1200   67/1/1    EARLIMART,CALIF     PIPER PA-18         CR-  1  0  0  INSTRUCTIONAL             STUDENT, AGE 55, 63 TOTAL
        TIME - 1700                    N4195Z              PX-  0  0  0  TRAINING                  HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED                  IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - LOW CEILING
           WEATHER - FOG
           PERSONNEL - TRAFFIC CONTROL PERSONNEL: ISSUED IMPROPER OR CONFLICTING INSTRUCTIONS
           PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED
        WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED
        WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          OBSCURATION                                               0
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          ZERO                                                     NONE
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS
          FOG                                                      IFR
        TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          NONE
        REMARKS- PLT BECAME LOST,RECD ERRONEOUS DF STEER FROM FSS. PLT DESCENDED INTO FOG. OVERFLEW SUITABLE AFLDS.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4195Z](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4195Z-1967-11-14), registration cancelled 1967-11-14, S/N 18-8383 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-18
- Registry model: [Piper PA-18-150](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (registry code 7101828) (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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