# NTSB OAK70D0176: Piper PA-22, N8670D, Lone Pine, CA, July 4, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: July 4, 1969
- Place: Lone Pine, CA · LONE PINE, CA
- Location: 36.5744° N, 118.0806° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lone Pine, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.5744&lon=-118.0806&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 9, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 165153
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK70D0176
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK70D0176

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2713   69/7/4    LONE PINE,CALIF     PIPER PA-22         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 26, 232
        TIME - 1915                    N8670D              PX-  0  0  2  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 209 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - LONE PINE
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          LAS VEGAS,NEV               LONE PINE,CALIF
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
           COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS                          LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND
        REMARKS- ACFT HIT ARPT BOUNDARY FENCE,CAME TO REST IN DITCH.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8670D](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8670D-1991-11-04), registration cancelled 1991-11-04, S/N 225878 (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: Substantial damage
- Airport: Lone Pine

## Other investigations on N8670D (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 NYC91LA161](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC91LA161), Jul 1, 1991: Piper PA-22-150 (N8670D), Nayville, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO ATTAIN ADEQUATE AIRSPEED TO CLIMB, WHICH RESULTED IN A STALL/MUSH. THE TREES WERE A RELATED FACTOR.

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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