# NTSB LAX69A0068: Piper PA-28, N9360W, Buckeye, AZ, May 17, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: May 17, 1969
- Place: Buckeye, AZ · BUCKEYE, AZ
- Location: 33.3703° N, 112.5838° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Buckeye, AZ, within about 11 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3703&lon=-112.5838&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report June 18, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 186639
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX69A0068
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX69A0068

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1054  69/5/17    BUCKEYE,ARIZ        PIPER PA-28         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 38, 205
        TIME - 1735                    N9360W              PX-  1  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - PIERCE
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES                               LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS
           PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- BLOOD ALCOHOL 0.128 PCT,BLOOD BARBITURATE 0.80MG PCT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9360W](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9360W-1970-06-11), registration cancelled 1970-06-11, S/N 28-11050 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-235](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-235) (registry code 7102810) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Pierce

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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