# NTSB NYC67A0010: Aero Comdr 560-E, N3804C, Parsippany, NJ, July 10, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: July 10, 1966
- Place: Parsippany, NJ · PARSIPPANY, NJ
- Location: 40.8641° N, 74.4124° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Parsippany, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8641&lon=-74.4124&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report June 12, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 171163
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC67A0010
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC67A0010

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-1101  66/7/10    PARSIPPANY,NJ       AERO COMDR 560-E    CR-  2  0  0  INSTRUCTIONAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1252                    N3804C              PX-  0  0  0  DUAL                      AGE 20, 2500 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            500 IN TYPE, NOT
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MORRISTOWN
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT                              IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT
           AIRFRAME - WINGS: SPARS
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
        REMARKS- RT WING SPAR FAILED. PLT WAS DOING STEEP,LOW ALT MANEUVERS PRIOR TO ACCIDENT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3804C](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3804C-1970-06-29), registration cancelled 1970-06-29, S/N 732, built 1962 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERO COMDR 560-E
- Registry model: [Aero Commander 560-E](https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-560-e) (registry code 0141406) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Morristown

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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