# NTSB NYC67F0398: Piaggio P136L1, N16160, Sandston, VA, October 10, 1966

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: October 10, 1966
- Place: Sandston, VA · SANDSTON, VA
- Location: 37.5131° N, 77.3130° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sandston, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5131&lon=-77.3130&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report April 18, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 120528
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC67F0398
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC67F0398

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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5-0004  66/10/10   SANDSTON VA         PIAGGIO P136L1      CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 29, 105
        TIME - 1415                    N16160              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-NONE         OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        NAME OF AIRPORT - RICHARD E. BYRD
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           PROPELLER/ROTOR ACCIDENT TO PERSON                       STATIC: IDLING ENGINE(S)
        REMARKS- PILOT REMOVED EXT CONTROL LOCKS,WALKED INTO ROTATING PUSHER.PROP.ACFT UNOCCUPIED.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N16160](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N16160-2013-01-30), registration cancelled 2013-01-30, S/N 210, built 1956 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIAGGIO P136L1
- Registry model: [Piaggio P.136-L1](https://openairdocs.org/model/piaggio-p-136-l1) (registry code 6960104) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming GO-480 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-go-480-series) (registry code 41527, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: No damage
- Airport: Richard E. Byrd

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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