# NTSB NYC72AN119: Piper PA-28, N4353T, Laytonsville, MD, March 29, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: March 29, 1972
- Place: Laytonsville, MD · LAYTONSVILLE, MD
- Location: 39.2089° N, 77.1353° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Laytonsville, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2089&lon=-77.1353&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report October 19, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 165863
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC72AN119
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC72AN119

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0444  72/3/29    LAYTONSVILLE,MD     PIPER PA-28         CR-  1  0  0  MISCELLANEOUS             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1000                    N4353T              PX-  0  0  0  UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED      AGE 60, 8237 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            UNK/NR IN TYPE,
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - DAVIS AIRPORT
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          LAYTONSVILLE,MD            UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- CRASHED APRX 1/4MI FRM END OF RWY.SGFNT PRE-EXISTING CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4353T](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4353T-1972-08-16), registration cancelled 1972-08-16, S/N 28-7205149, built 1971 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-180](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (registry code 7102808) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Davis Airport

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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