# NTSB MIA66A0078: Piper PA-24, N7872P, Taylorsville, NC, January 2, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: January 2, 1966
- Place: Taylorsville, NC · TAYLORSVILLE, NC
- Location: 35.9168° N, 81.1760° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Taylorsville, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9168&lon=-81.1760&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report May 8, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 174514
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA66A0078
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA66A0078

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0867   66/1/2    TAYLORSVILLE NC     PIPER PA-24         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 34, 541
        TIME - 2115                    N7872P              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 117 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
           PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - LOW CEILING
           WEATHER - RAIN
           WEATHER - FOG
        WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON
        WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          OBSCURATION                                               600
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          3 MILES OR LESS                                          NONE
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS
          FOG                                                      IFR
        TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          IFR
        REMARKS- PLT-TOTAL 14.10 SIM.INST. 0 ACTUAL INST HRS,NOT INST RATED,ATTEMPTED IFR,VOR APPROACH TO ARPT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N7872P (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Hickory Muni

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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