# NTSB LAX68A0044: Piper PA-24, N6418P, Show Low, AZ, October 31, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: October 31, 1967
- Place: Show Low, AZ · SHOW LOW, AZ
- Location: 34.2542° N, 110.0298° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Show Low, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2542&lon=-110.0298&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report December 12, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 113471
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX68A0044
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX68A0044

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0740  67/10/31   SHOW LOW,ARIZ       PIPER PA-24         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 43, UNK/NR
        TIME - 1900                    N6418P              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SHOW LOW
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT FATIGUE
        MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED
        REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE-11/1/67.PLT FLEW ABT 7HRS BTWN 0700-1900,HAD 2.5 ALCO DRKS AT SHOW LOW.NO VSBL HORIZ
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6418P](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6418P-2013-08-06), registration cancelled 2013-08-06, S/N 24-1528, built 1959 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24
- Registry model: [Piper PA-24-250](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (registry code 7102404) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (registry code 41532, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Show Low

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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