# NTSB MIA69A0009: Piper PA-22, N5834Z, Independence, MS, August 8, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: August 8, 1968
- Place: Independence, MS · INDEPENDENCE, MS
- Location: 34.7078° N, 89.8075° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Independence, MS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7078&lon=-89.8075&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report February 26, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 108678
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA69A0009
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA69A0009

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-4496   68/8/8    INDEPENDENCE,MISS   PIPER PA-22         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             STUDENT, AGE 46, UNK/NR
        TIME - 0915                    N5834Z              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- PLT HAD HISTORY OF RHEUMATIC FEVER AND HEART CONDITION.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5834Z](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5834Z-1974-08-07), registration cancelled 1974-08-07, S/N 22-9686 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-22
- Registry model: [Piper PA-22-108](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-108) (registry code 7102204) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

## Other investigations on N5834Z (1)

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.

- [NTSB UNK64X1858](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X1858), May 20, 1964: Piper PA22 (N5834Z), Belzoni, MS, substantial damage

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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