# NTSB OAK68D0335: Piper PA-22, N824A, Greenfield, CA, March 21, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: March 21, 1968
- Place: Greenfield, CA · GREENFIELD, CA
- Location: 36.3240° N, 121.2437° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Greenfield, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3240&lon=-121.2437&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 29, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 118627
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK68D0335
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK68D0335

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0618  68/3/21    GREENFIELD,CALIF    PIPER PA-22         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             STUDENT, AGE 18, 30 TOTAL
        TIME - 1615                    N824A               PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  HOURS, 14 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           NOSE OVER/DOWN                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN
        FACTOR(S)
           TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN
        REMARKS- LANDED ON PLOWED RANCH FIELD.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N824A](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N824A-2017-01-31), registration cancelled 2017-01-31, S/N 22-127 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-22
- Registry model: [Piper PA-22](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22) (registry code 7102202) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage

## Other investigations on N824A (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 OAK73DVM27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK73DVM27), Apr 6, 1973: Piper PA-22 (N824A), Millbrae, CA, substantial damage

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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