# NTSB LAX67A0087: Cessna 140, N76881, Parker, AZ, March 25, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: March 25, 1967
- Place: Parker, AZ · PARKER, AZ
- Location: 34.0340° N, 114.2281° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Parker, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0340&lon=-114.2281&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report July 17, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 117708
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX67A0087
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX67A0087

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0131  67/3/25  NR.PARKER,ARIZ        CESSNA 140          CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 24, 89 TOTAL
        TIME - 1555                    N76881              PX-  1  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  HOURS, 54 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED                  IN FLIGHT: BUZZING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,ALTITUDE OR CLEARANCE
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER
        REMARKS- PILOT ATTEMPTED TO AVOID 25 FOOT HISH POWERLINE  BY FLYING UNDER WIRE.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N76881](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N76881-2017-02-04), registration cancelled 2017-02-04, S/N 11315, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140
- Registry model: [Cessna 140](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140) (registry code 2071602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C85 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (registry code 17008, reciprocating) (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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