# NTSB LAX67F0323: Piper PA-32, N4018W, Somerton, AZ, March 23, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: March 23, 1967
- Place: Somerton, AZ · SOMERTON, AZ
- Location: 32.6018° N, 114.6963° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Somerton, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6018&lon=-114.6963&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 24, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 117958
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX67F0323
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX67F0323

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0919  67/3/23    SOMERTON,ARIZ       PIPER PA-32         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 48, 700
        TIME - 1745                    N4018W              PX-  0  0  1  PRACTICE                  TOTAL HOURS, 3 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - AUXILIARY NO.4
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4018W](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4018W-1994-09-07), registration cancelled 1994-09-07, S/N 3240025 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32
- Registry model: [Piper PA-32-300](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (registry code 7103212) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Auxiliary No.4

## Other investigations on N4018W (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 LAX94FA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX94FA005), Oct 3, 1993: Piper PA-32-300 (N4018W), Kernville, CA, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's inadvertent flight into a box canyon and his failure to attain a safe altitude. A factor in the accident was the pilot's lack of familiarity with the geographic area.

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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