# NTSB LAX68D0236: Piper PA-22, N8446D, Wenden, AZ, September 10, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: September 10, 1967
- Place: Wenden, AZ · WENDEN, AZ
- Location: 33.8325° N, 113.5432° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wenden, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8325&lon=-113.5432&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 17, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 113963
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX68D0236
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX68D0236

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3988  67/9/10    WENDEN,ARIZ         PIPER PA-22         CR-  0  0  1  INSTRUCTIONAL             NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 23, 4
        TIME - 1945                    N8446D              PX-  0  0  0  TRAINING                  TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - DON ANDERSON
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           UNDERSHOOT                                               LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
           COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT                                    LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNQUALIFIED PERSON OPERATED AIRCRAFT
        REMARKS- STRUCK RAILROAD TIE.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8446D](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8446D), registered now, S/N 22-5701, built 1957 (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)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Don Anderson

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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