# NTSB SEA68A0057: Piper PA-23, N5427Y, Cascade, ID, March 7, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: March 7, 1968
- Place: Cascade, ID · CASCADE, ID
- Location: 44.5088° N, 116.0436° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cascade, ID, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.5088&lon=-116.0436&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report May 24, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 111292
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA68A0057
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA68A0057

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0949   68/3/7  NR.CASCADE,ID         PIPER PA-23         CR-  1  0  0  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1655                    N5427Y              PX-  0  0  0  AIR TAXI-PASSG            AGE 54, 30000 TOTAL
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            HOURS, 130 IN TYPE,
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - CASCADE
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED                  IN FLIGHT: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
           WEATHER - SNOW
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WHITEOUT
        WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE
        WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED                                      0
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          ZERO                                                     SNOW SHOWERS
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TEMPERATURE-F
          BLOWING SNOW                                              30
        WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES                                   WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS
          180                                                       4
        TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS                               TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          IFR                                                      VFR
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- PENETRATED SNOWSTORM AT LOW ALT.WING STRUCK FROZEN LAKE WHILE IN LT TURN.CRASHED ON LK INVERTED.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5427Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5427Y-1968-04-22), registration cancelled 1968-04-22, S/N 272505 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-23
- Registry model: [Piper PA-23-250](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (registry code 7102308) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Cascade

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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