# NTSB MIA66F0363: Piper PA-23, N3486P, Mobile, AL, October 8, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: October 8, 1965
- Place: Mobile, AL · MOBILE, AL
- Location: 30.6944° N, 88.0431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mobile, AL, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.6944&lon=-88.0431&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 27, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 175384
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA66F0363
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA66F0363

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3597   65/10/8   MOBILE ALA          PIPER PA-23         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE
        TIME - 2200                    N3486P              PX-  0  0  1  BUSINESS                  43, 7100 TOTAL HOURS, 460
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - BATES
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT                           STATIC: STARTING ENGINE(S)
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - STARTED ENGINE WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE/EQUIPMENT
        REMARKS- NIGHT OPERATION.PARKED AIRCRAFT PIPER PA-24 N7787Y SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.HAND PROPPED ENGINE
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3486P](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3486P-1976-01-03), registration cancelled 1976-01-03, S/N 23-1460 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-23
- Registry model: [Piper PA-23-160](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-160) (registry code 7102304) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Bates

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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