# NTSB NYC66A0077: Piper PA-24, N6844P, Rockaway, NJ, January 22, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: January 22, 1966
- Place: Rockaway, NJ · ROCKAWAY, NJ
- Location: 40.8959° N, 74.5173° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rockaway, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8959&lon=-74.5173&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report June 29, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 174095
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC66A0077
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC66A0077

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0083  66/1/22    ROCKAWAY NJ         PIPER PA-24         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 42, 330
        TIME - 1136                    N6844P              PX-  0  0  0  PRACTICE                  TOTAL HOURS, 115 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - ACFT.RADIO CORP.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL: SPIN                                              IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- INADVERTENT SPIN DURING PRACTICE POWER ON STALLS
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6844P](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6844P-1966-04-01), registration cancelled 1966-04-01, S/N 241977 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24
- Registry model: [Piper PA-24-250](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (registry code 7102404) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Acft.Radio Corp.

## Other investigations on N6844P (1)

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.

- [NTSB UNK64X1362](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X1362), Apr 18, 1964: Piper PA24 (N6844P), Medford, NJ, substantial damage

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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