# NTSB MKC67D0500: Piper PA-28, N7884W, Oskaloosa, IA, April 3, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: April 3, 1967
- Place: Oskaloosa, IA · OSKALOOSA, IA
- Location: 41.2922° N, 92.6409° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Oskaloosa, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2922&lon=-92.6409&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 30, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 117476
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC67D0500
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC67D0500

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1088   67/4/3    OSKALOOSA, IOWA     PIPER PA-28         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 35, 63 TOTAL
        TIME - 2030                    N7884W              PX-  0  0  0  PRACTICE                  HOURS, 3 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - PIERSON
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: CROP                                      LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
           NOSE OVER/DOWN                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA
        REMARKS- PLT ATTEMPTED LNDG ON UNLIGHTED AIRFIELD, LANDED IN CORNFIELD NEXT TO RNWY.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N7884W (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Pierson

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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