# NTSB MKC69A0046: Piper PA-23, N49609, Emporia, KS, January 15, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: January 15, 1969
- Place: Emporia, KS · EMPORIA, KS
- Location: 38.4024° N, 96.1946° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Emporia, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4024&lon=-96.1946&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal, 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report March 26, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 191498
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC69A0046
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC69A0046

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0037  69/1/15    EMPORIA,KANS        PIPER PA-23         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1832                    N49609              PX-  2  1  0  CORP/EXEC                 AGE 38, 5666 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            28 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - EMPORIA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL                                                    LANDING: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND
           MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - RAIN
           WEATHER - FOG
        WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE
        WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED                                      600
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          3 MILES OR LESS                                          RAIN
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TEMPERATURE-F
          FOG                                                       48
        WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES                                   WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS
          180                                                       15
        TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS                               TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          IFR                                                      IFR
        REMARKS- NITE FLT.ACFT ON FINAL LOST VISUAL CONTACT OF LGTD RNWY.MADE ABRUPT PULL UP TO AVOID HNGR IN PATH.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N49609 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-23
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Emporia

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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