# NTSB OAK65A0053: Piper PA-11, N5526H, Inverness, CA, January 28, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: January 28, 1965
- Place: Inverness, CA · INVERNESS, CA
- Location: 38.0828° N, 122.8549° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Inverness, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0828&lon=-122.8549&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report April 5, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 180484
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK65A0053
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK65A0053

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0038  65/1/28  NR.INVERNESS CALIF    PIPER PA-11         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 68, 700
        TIME - 1630                    N5526H              PX-  0  1  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5526H](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5526H-1965-03-04), registration cancelled 1965-03-04, S/N 11-1029 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-11
- Registry model: [Piper PA-11](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-11) (registry code 7101102) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

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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