# NTSB MIA65A0096: Piper PA-22, N9518D, Caguas, PR, March 27, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: March 27, 1965
- Place: Caguas, PR · CAGUAS, PR
- Location: 18.2321° N, 66.0390° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Caguas, PR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.2321&lon=-66.0390&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Completed, report August 30, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 179291
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA65A0096
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA65A0096

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0337  65/3/27    CAGUAS PR           PIPER PA-22         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 53, UNK/NR
        TIME - 1615                    N9518D              PX-  2  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - CAGUAS
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT SUFFERED HEART ATTACK
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- PLT REPORTED 433 TOTAL FLYING HOURS 01/22/57.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9518D](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9518D-1965-08-11), registration cancelled 1965-08-11, S/N 22-6434 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-22
- Registry model: [Piper PA-22-160](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-160) (registry code 7102214) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Caguas

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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