# NTSB OAK65F0044: Piper PA-28, N6344W, San Simeon, CA, April 16, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Closed
- Date: April 16, 1965
- Place: San Simeon, CA · SAN SIMEON, CA
- Location: 35.6182° N, 121.1374° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Simeon, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6182&lon=-121.1374&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report June 14, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 179858
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK65F0044
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK65F0044

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0184  65/4/16    SAN SIMEON CALIF    PIPER PA-28         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 35, 54 TOTAL
        TIME - 1015                    N6344W              PX-  0  1  0  BUSINESS                  HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - HEARST
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 LANDING: ROLL
           COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES                                   LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6344W](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6344W-1973-10-19), registration cancelled 1973-10-19, S/N 28-20402 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-140](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (registry code 7102802) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Hearst

## Other investigations on N6344W (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 SEA74AS011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA74AS011), Aug 21, 1973: Piper PA-28 (N6344W), Oakridge, OR, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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