# NTSB LAX67D0009: Piper PA-23, N4397P, Globe, AZ, June 2, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: June 2, 1966
- Place: Globe, AZ · GLOBE, AZ
- Location: 33.3937° N, 110.7412° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Globe, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3937&lon=-110.7412&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 25, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 171058
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX67D0009
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX67D0009

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2720   66/6/2    GLOBE ARIZ          PIPER PA-23         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 0925                    N4397P              PX-  0  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  AGE 19, 394 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            14 IN TYPE, NOT
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - GLOBE MUNI
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: RUNWAY OR APPROACH LIGHTS                 TAXI: FROM LANDING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: HIDDEN HAZARD
           PERSONNEL - AIRPORT SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE-AIRPORT FACILITIES
        REMARKS- RIGHT PROPELLER STRUCK RUNWAY LIGHT OBSCURED BY TALL WEEDS.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N4397P (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-23
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Globe Muni

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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