# NTSB OAK67A0037: Piper PA-24, N7926P, Baker, NV, September 18, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: September 18, 1966
- Place: Baker, NV · BAKER, NV
- Location: 39.0187° N, 114.1210° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Baker, NV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0187&lon=-114.1210&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report June 26, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 120995
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK67A0037
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK67A0037

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-1122  66/9/18    BAKER,NEV           PIPER PA-24         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 40, 240
        TIME - UNK/NR                  N7926P              PX-  0  0  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
           AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT                              UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT
        MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE-10/15/66.ACCDT DATE PRESUMED.OUTBOARD SECTS. BOTH WINGS AND STABILATORS FAILED.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7926P](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7926P-1970-12-30), registration cancelled 1970-12-30, S/N 24-3160 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24
- Registry model: [Piper PA-24-250](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (registry code 7102404) (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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