# NTSB NYC67A0015: Piper PA-22, N5638Z, E Taunton, MA, July 16, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: July 16, 1966
- Place: E Taunton, MA · E TAUNTON, MA
- Location: 41.8834° N, 71.0287° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of East Taunton, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8834&lon=-71.0287&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report February 14, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 171674
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC67A0015
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC67A0015

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0599  66/7/16    E TAUNTON MASS      PIPER PA-22         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 67, 26 TOTAL
        TIME - 1712                    N5638Z              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - KINGS
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INCAPACITATION
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT SUFFERED HEART ATTACK
        REMARKS- CAUSE BASED ON MEDICAL OPINION RESULTING FROM POST MORTEM EXAMINATION OF THE PILOT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5638Z](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5638Z-1970-08-04), registration cancelled 1970-08-04, S/N 229450 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-22
- Registry model: [Piper PA-22-108](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-108) (registry code 7102204) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Kings

## Other investigations on N5638Z (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 UNK64X1472](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X1472), Apr 26, 1964: Piper PA22 (N5638Z), Freeport, ME, 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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