# NTSB NYC66A0036: Piper PA-23, N5759Y, Glen Burnie, MD, September 20, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: September 20, 1965
- Place: Glen Burnie, MD · GLEN BURNIE, MD
- Location: 39.1563° N, 76.6070° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Glen Burnie, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1563&lon=-76.6070&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report March 21, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 175861
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC66A0036
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC66A0036

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0920  65/9/20    GLEN BURNIE MD.     PIPER PA-23         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 51, 3132
        TIME - 0527                    N5759Y              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 169 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - FRIENDSHIP INTL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
           PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - LOW CEILING
           WEATHER - FOG
        WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONEL, BY PHONE
        WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          OBSCURATION                                               400
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          3/4 MILE OR LESS                                         NONE
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TEMPERATURE-F
          FOG                                                       71
        WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES                                   WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS
          100                                                       5
        TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS                               TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          IFR                                                      SPECIAL VFR
        REMARKS- AUTOPSY REVEALED PILOT HAD SEVERE HEART DISEASE.PERITRATE PILLS FOR CHEST PAIN FOUND IN COCKPIT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5759Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5759Y-1965-11-24), registration cancelled 1965-11-24, S/N 27-2885 (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: Friendship Intl

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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