# NTSB MKC67A0009: Piper PA-24, N6161P, Hunter, KS, August 5, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: August 5, 1966
- Place: Hunter, KS · HUNTER, KS
- Location: 39.2350° N, 98.3961° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hunter, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2350&lon=-98.3961&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal
- Status: Completed, report March 10, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 122516
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC67A0009
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC67A0009

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0945   66/8/5  NR.HUNTER KANS        PIPER PA-24         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 50, 150
        TIME - 0514                    N6161P              PX-  3  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 27 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 - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - RAIN
        WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE
        WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          OVERCAST                                                 UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED                                      DRIZZLE, RAIN SHOWERS
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS
          NONE                                                     VFR
        TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          VFR
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- OFFICIAL SUNRISE 0534.ACFT CRASHED IN DARK SPARSELY LIGHTED AREA DURING PRE-DAWN DARKNESS.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6161P](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6161P-1970-01-16), registration cancelled 1970-01-16, S/N 24-1262 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24
- Registry model: [Piper PA-24](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24) (registry code 7102402) (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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