# NTSB SEA72AS050: Piper PA-23, N14194, Amboy, WA, May 15, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: May 15, 1972
- Place: Amboy, WA · AMBOY, WA
- Location: 45.9160° N, 122.4886° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Amboy, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.9160&lon=-122.4886&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 6 fatal
- Status: Completed, report September 18, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 165927
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA72AS050
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA72AS050

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0136  72/5/15    AMBOY,WASH          PIPER PA-23         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 53, 370
        TIME - 1322                    N14194              PX-  5  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 285 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          EVERETT,WASH               UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT                              IN FLIGHT: OTHER
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        FACTOR(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING
           WEATHER - LOW CEILING
           WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC.
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - HYPOXIA
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G.
        WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE
        WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          OVERCAST                                                  1600
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED)                                     RAIN SHOWERS
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS
          UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED                                     VFR
        TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          NONE
        REMARKS- ACFT APRXLY 260 LBS OVR GROSS WT,AT REAR CG. R WING & EMPENNAGE SEPARATED DURG HI SPEED DESCENT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N14194](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N14194-1972-08-15), registration cancelled 1972-08-15, S/N 27-4756 (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

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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