# NTSB NYC69A0007: Piper PA-30, N8572Y, Lock Haven, PA, July 9, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: July 9, 1968
- Place: Lock Haven, PA · LOCK HAVEN, PA
- Location: 41.1371° N, 77.4532° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lock Haven, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1371&lon=-77.4532&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report October 2, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 109466
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC69A0007
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC69A0007

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2399   68/7/9    LOCK HAVEN,PA       PIPER PA-30         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 55, 555
        TIME - 1620                    N8572Y              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 330 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - LOCK HAVEN
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL                                                    LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- IN STEEP BANK,TURNING TO FINAL.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8572Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8572Y-1971-01-06), registration cancelled 1971-01-06, S/N 30-1721 (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: Lock Haven

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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