MKC69A0006

NTSB accident investigation · Piper PA-28 · Ness City, KS · July 28, 1968

Accident · FatalClosed
Date
July 28, 1968
Place
Ness City, KS · NESS CITY, KS
Injuries
1 fatal
Damage
Destroyed
Phase of flight
Enroute
Aircraft
N5148LPiper PA-28
Status
Completed · report December 19, 1968
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
108573

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NTSB brief

NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3595  68/7/28    NESS CITY,KANS      PIPER PA-28         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 35, 132
        TIME - 0750                    N5148L              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 13 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - NESS CITY
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED                  IN FLIGHT: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        REMARKS- WITNESS LOCATED 1 1/4 MI SO OF ACCIDENT SITE REPORTED FOG IN AREA.

Aircraft

Registration
N5148L
Reported as
Piper PA-28
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Destroyed
Airport
Ness City

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