# NTSB NYC66A0088: Piper PA-24, N8514P, Monticello, ME, February 11, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: February 11, 1966
- Place: Monticello, ME · MONTICELLO, ME
- Location: 46.3084° N, 67.8425° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Monticello, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.3084&lon=-67.8425&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report December 6, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 174193
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC66A0088
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC66A0088

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0353  66/2/11    MONTICELLO ME       PIPER PA-24         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 48, 278
        TIME - 2210                    N8514P              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 222 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION
        REMARKS- NIGHT FLIGHT OVER DARK UNLIGHTED TERRAIN.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8514P](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8514P-1966-03-17), registration cancelled 1966-03-17, S/N 26-95 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24
- Registry model: [Piper PA-24-400](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-400) (registry code 7102408) (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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