# NTSB OAK66A0051: Piper PA-22, N2510P, Dinsmore, CA, May 8, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: May 8, 1966
- Place: Dinsmore, CA · DINSMORE, CA
- Location: 40.4915° N, 123.6070° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dinsmore, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4915&lon=-123.6070&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal, 2 serious
- Status: Completed, report December 14, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 172442
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK66A0051
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK66A0051

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0398   66/5/8    DINSMORE CALIF      PIPER PA-22         CR-  0  1  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 33, UNK/NR
        TIME - 1805                    N2510P              PX-  3  1  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION
        FACTOR(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
           WEATHER - LOW CEILING
           WEATHER - FOG
        WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED
        WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          OVERCAST                                                  200
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          ZERO                                                     *ERROR-INVALID CODE*
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS
          FOG                                                      IFR
        TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          NONE
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- PX INCLUDED 3 CHILDREN AGED 10,9,8 YRS.TAKEOFF WAS FROM AIRPORT IN VALLEY BLANKETED BY LOW CLOUDS.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2510P](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2510P-1966-08-03), registration cancelled 1966-08-03, S/N 22-2872 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-22
- Registry model: [Piper PA-22-150](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-150) (registry code 7102210) (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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