# NTSB NYC66A0008: Piper PA-23, N4536P, Jersey City, NJ, July 15, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: July 15, 1965
- Place: Jersey City, NJ · JERSEY CITY, NJ
- Location: 40.7114° N, 74.0648° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jersey City, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7114&lon=-74.0648&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report November 24, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 177284
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC66A0008
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC66A0008

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0668  65/7/15    JERSEY CITY NJ      PIPER PA-23         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 53, 2704
        TIME - 0928                    N4536P              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 1076 IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - NEWARK
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING
        REMARKS- CABIN DOOR OPENED AFTER TAKEOFF.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4536P](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4536P-1965-09-07), registration cancelled 1965-09-07, S/N 27-40, built 1960 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-23
- Registry model: [Piper PA-23-250](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (registry code 7102308) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Newark

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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