# NTSB MIA66A0004: Piper PA-23, N5382Y, Z, July 6, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: July 6, 1965
- Place: Z · Z, UN
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report June 8, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 177356
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA66A0004
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA66A0004

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-1048   65/7/6    UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTEDPIPER PA-23         CR-  1  0  0  COMMERCIAL                ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE
        TIME - UNK/NR                  N5382Y              PX-  0  0  0  AIR TAXI-PASSG            42, 9000 TOTAL HOURS, 252
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           MISSING AIRCRAFT,NOT RECOVERED                           UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
                                  UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5382Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5382Y-1965-08-17), registration cancelled 1965-08-17, S/N 27-2454 (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: Destroyed

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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