# NTSB MKC72AK019: Piper PA-18, N7166K, Seneca, NE, September 18, 1971

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: September 18, 1971
- Place: Seneca, NE · SENECA, NE
- Location: 42.0439° N, 100.8321° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Seneca, NE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0439&lon=-100.8321&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report April 10, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 163369
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC72AK019
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC72AK019

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3266  71/9/18    SENECA,NEBR         PIPER PA-18         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 35, 900
        TIME - 1100                    N7166K              PX-  1  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          SENECA,NEBR                 LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL                                                    IN FLIGHT: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
        FACTOR(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- CHECKING FOR FIRES LEFT BY HUNTERS ON RANCH.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7166K](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7166K-1971-09-18), registration cancelled 1971-09-18, S/N 18-385 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-18
- Registry model: [Piper PA-18](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18) (registry code 7101802) (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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