# NTSB MKC69A0023: Piper PA-28, N9176W, Osceola, IA, October 13, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: October 13, 1968
- Place: Osceola, IA · OSCEOLA, IA
- Location: 41.0348° N, 93.7867° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Osceola, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0348&lon=-93.7867&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report May 22, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 192092
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC69A0023
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC69A0023

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-4606  68/10/13   OSCEOLA,IOWA        PIPER PA-28         CR-  2  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 342
        TIME - 1352                    N9176W              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 329 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT                              IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION
           PILOT IN COMMAND - EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
        REMARKS- CONTROL LOST WHILE ON IFR FLT.WINGS SEPARATED FROM ACFT.PLTS ACTUAL INST TIME REPORTED AS 1 HR.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9176W](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9176W-1969-06-05), registration cancelled 1969-06-05, S/N 28-10831 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-235](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-235) (registry code 7102810) (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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