# NTSB NYC67A0056: Piper PA-30, N7472Y, Ceredo, WV, September 30, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: September 30, 1966
- Place: Ceredo, WV · CEREDO, WV
- Location: 38.3959° N, 82.5462° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ceredo, WV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3959&lon=-82.5462&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 2 serious
- Status: Completed, report April 14, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 121500
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC67A0056
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC67A0056

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0811  66/9/30    CEREDO W VA         PIPER PA-30         CR-  0  1  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 42, 1829
        TIME - 2139                    N7472Y              PX-  1  1  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 693 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - TRI-STATE
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- AIRCRAFT CRASHED AFTER PASSING OUTER-MARKER INBOUND ON ILS LOCALIZER ONLY,NO GLIDESLOPE,APPROACH.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7472Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7472Y-1970-06-30), registration cancelled 1970-06-30, S/N 30-537 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-30
- Registry model: [Piper PA-30](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (registry code 7103002) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Tri-State

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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