# NTSB MIA68A0100: Piper PA-24, N5680P, Lancaster, SC, June 2, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: June 2, 1968
- Place: Lancaster, SC · LANCASTER, SC
- Location: 34.7240° N, 80.7793° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lancaster, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7240&lon=-80.7793&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal, 3 serious
- Status: Completed, report October 1, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 109465
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA68A0100
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA68A0100

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2398   68/6/2    LANCASTER,SC        PIPER PA-24         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             STUDENT, AGE 34, 91 TOTAL
        TIME - 0850                    N5680P              PX-  1  3  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  HOURS, 7 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - COLBOURNE
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: BUILDING(S)                               TAKEOFF: ABORTED
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G.
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- PLT ATTEMPTED T/O FROM SHORT,UPSLOPE RNWY. ACFT WAS 276 LBS OVER MAX GROSS WT,CG WAS AT AFT LIMITS
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5680P](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5680P-1970-06-25), registration cancelled 1970-06-25, S/N 24-752 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24
- Registry model: [Piper PA-24-250](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (registry code 7102404) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Colbourne

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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