# NTSB NYC67F0469: Piper PA-23, N4086P, Wappingers Fls, NY, January 6, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: January 6, 1967
- Place: Wappingers Fls, NY · WAPPINGERS FLS, NY
- Location: 41.5982° N, 73.9169° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wappingers Falls, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5982&lon=-73.9169&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 29, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 119561
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC67F0469
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC67F0469

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0044   67/1/6    WAPPINGERS FLS,NY   PIPER PA-23         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 49, 600
        TIME - 1750                    N4086P              PX-  0  0  0  PRACTICE                  TOTAL HOURS, 6 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - DUCHESS COUNTY
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           UNDERSHOOT                                               LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
           COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK                                  LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE
        REMARKS- ACFT TOUCHED DOWN,STRUCK SNOWBANK 8-FT SHORT OF APPROACH END OF RNWY.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4086P](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4086P-2012-11-07), registration cancelled 2012-11-07, S/N 23-1564, built 1959 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-23
- Registry model: [Piper PA-23-160](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-160) (registry code 7102304) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (registry code 41532, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Duchess County

## Other investigations on N4086P (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 UNK64X0535](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X0535), Feb 11, 1964: Piper PA23 (N4086P), Newark, NJ, 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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