# NTSB NYC67A0079: Piper PA-24, N5834P, Spencer, WV, November 11, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: November 11, 1966
- Place: Spencer, WV · SPENCER, WV
- Location: 38.8001° N, 81.3527° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Spencer, WV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8001&lon=-81.3527&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report May 9, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 120628
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC67A0079
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC67A0079

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0974  66/11/11   SPENCER W VA        PIPER PA-24         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 47, 850
        TIME - 1206                    N5834P              PX-  1  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 172 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - ROANE COUNTY
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL: SPIN                                              IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5834P](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5834P-1970-08-20), registration cancelled 1970-08-20, S/N 24-915 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24
- Registry model: [Piper PA-24](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24) (registry code 7102402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Roane County

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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