# NTSB LAX70F0046: Piper PA-23, N6779Y, Cottonwood, AZ, July 3, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Closed
- Date: July 3, 1969
- Place: Cottonwood, AZ · COTTONWOOD, AZ
- Location: 34.7508° N, 111.9840° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cottonwood, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7508&lon=-111.9840&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 9, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 168953
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX70F0046
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX70F0046

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2211   69/7/3    COTTONWOOD,ARIZ     PIPER PA-23         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 35, 331
        TIME - 1930                    N6779Y              PX-  0  1  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 69 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - DAVIS DAM
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
           COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK                                 LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6779Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6779Y-1971-09-20), registration cancelled 1971-09-20, S/N 27-4113 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-23
- Registry model: [Piper PA-23-250](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (registry code 7102308) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Davis Dam

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