# NTSB MKC68D0302: Piper PA-28, N5256W, Creston, IA, November 5, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: November 5, 1967
- Place: Creston, IA · CRESTON, IA
- Location: 41.0603° N, 94.3647° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Creston, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0603&lon=-94.3647&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 8, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 113331
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC68D0302
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC68D0302

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3847   67/11/5   CRESTON,IOWA        PIPER PA-28         CR-  0  0  1  INSTRUCTIONAL             STUDENT, AGE 24, 22 TOTAL
        TIME - 0900                    N5256W              PX-  0  0  0  TRAINING                  HOURS, 19 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - CRESTON
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
           COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT                                    LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND
        REMARKS- STRUCK RUNWAY MARKER.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5256W](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5256W-1971-12-10), registration cancelled 1971-12-10, S/N 28300 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28) (registry code 7102801) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Creston

## Other investigations on N5256W (2)

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 MKC69F0461](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC69F0461), Jun 5, 1969: Piper PA-28 (N5256W), Wahoo, NE, substantial damage
- [NTSB UNK64X2789](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X2789), Jul 12, 1964: Piper PA28 (N5256W), Golden Pond, KY, 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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