# NTSB MKC66A0055: Piper PA-23, N4261P, Winchester, AR, April 28, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: April 28, 1966
- Place: Winchester, AR · WINCHESTER, AR
- Location: 33.7741° N, 91.4737° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Winchester, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7741&lon=-91.4737&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report September 15, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 172366
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC66A0055
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC66A0055

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0229  66/4/28  NR.WINCHESTER ARK     PIPER PA-23         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 50, 250
        TIME - 1945                    N4261P              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 50 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 - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS
        WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED
        WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          OVERCAST                                                  2000
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED)                                     NONE
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS
          NONE                                                     VFR
        TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          NONE
        REMARKS- PILOT DESCENDED THRU CLOUDS AT NIGHT WITH LANDING LIGHTS ON.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4261P](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4261P-1966-06-02), registration cancelled 1966-06-02, S/N 23-1760 (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: 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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