# NTSB LAX67D0218: Piper PA-22, N2437P, Seligman, AZ, October 13, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: October 13, 1966
- Place: Seligman, AZ · SELIGMAN, AZ
- Location: 35.3256° N, 112.8572° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Seligman, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3256&lon=-112.8572&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 1, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 120480
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX67D0218
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX67D0218

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-4291  66/10/13   SELIGMAN ARIZ       PIPER PA-22         CR-  0  0  1  INSTRUCTIONAL             STUDENT, AGE 28, 54 TOTAL
        TIME - 2100                    N2437P              PX-  0  0  0  SOLO                      HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SELIGMAN
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT                                    TAKEOFF: RUN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING
           PERSONNEL - AIRPORT SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: IMPROPER INSPECTION OF FACILITIES
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER
        REMARKS- PROPELLER OF N2437P STRUCK CAR-SEAT ON RNWY DURING TAKEOFF AT SELIGMAN.PLT LANDED AT PHOENIX.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2437P](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2437P-1997-03-05), registration cancelled 1997-03-05, S/N 222808 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-22
- Registry model: [Piper PA-22-150](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-150) (registry code 7102210) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Seligman

## Other investigations on N2437P (1)

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 DEN65D0015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN65D0015), Feb 27, 1965: Piper PA-22 (N2437P), Phoenix, AZ, 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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