# NTSB OAK67A0025: Piper PA-30, N7726Y, Independence, CA, August 21, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: August 21, 1966
- Place: Independence, CA · INDEPENDENCE, CA
- Location: 36.8303° N, 118.2079° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Independence, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8303&lon=-118.2079&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal
- Status: Completed, report April 13, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 122479
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK67A0025
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK67A0025

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0743  66/8/21  NR.INDEPENDENCE CAL   PIPER PA-30         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 0525                    N7726Y              PX-  3  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  AGE 45, 3653 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            396 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL: SPIN                                              IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FLEW INTO BLIND CANYON
        FACTOR(S)
           TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
        REMARKS- UPSLOPE OF CANYON WALLS APPROXIMATELY 47-DEGS. AT IMPACT POINT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7726Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7726Y-1970-06-09), registration cancelled 1970-06-09, S/N 30-815 (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

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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