# NTSB SEA70A0005: Piper PA-28, N9751W, Astoria, OR, July 27, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: July 27, 1969
- Place: Astoria, OR · ASTORIA, OR
- Location: 46.1875° N, 123.8148° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Astoria, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.1875&lon=-123.8148&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report February 25, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 166397
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA70A0005
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA70A0005

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3109  69/7/27    ASTORIA,OREG        PIPER PA-28         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             STUDENT, AGE 53, 90 TOTAL
        TIME - 2040                    N9751W              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  HOURS, 45 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - CLATSOP COUNTY
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          BREMERTON,WASH              ASTORIA,OREG
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL                                                    LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - LOW CEILING
           WEATHER - FOG
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER
        WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED
        WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          OVERCAST/LOWER SCATTERED                                  1400
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          4 MILES OR LESS                                          DRIZZLE
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TEMPERATURE-F
          FOG                                                       57
        WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES                                   WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS
          240                                                       6
        TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS                               TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          VFR                                                      NONE
        REMARKS- INSTRUCTOR HAD NOT AUTH FLT. LOW SCUD AND APPROACHING DARKNESS PREVAILED. PLTS BODY RECOVD 8/17/69
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9751W](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9751W-1971-06-18), registration cancelled 1971-06-18, S/N 28-23234 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-140](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (registry code 7102802) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Clatsop County

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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