# NTSB SEA71DXM23: Piper PA-22, N7415D, Ketchum, ID, January 25, 1971

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: January 25, 1971
- Place: Ketchum, ID · KETCHUM, ID
- Location: 43.6842° N, 114.3745° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ketchum, ID, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.6842&lon=-114.3745&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 3, 1971
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 159828
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA71DXM23
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA71DXM23

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0632  71/1/25    KETCHUM,ID          PIPER PA-22         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 48, 208
        TIME - 1700                    N7415D              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 133 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - GIMLET
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          KETCHUM,ID                  LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK                                  LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
           NOSE OVER/DOWN                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT
        FACTOR(S)
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW WINDROWS
        REMARKS- PLT LOOKED AT DRIFTED SNW,LNDD IN UNPLOWED AREA.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7415D](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7415D-2012-08-23), registration cancelled 2012-08-23, S/N 22-5176, built 1957 (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)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Gimlet

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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