# NTSB SEA73ASO09: Piper PA-23, N6707Y, Dixie, WA, October 10, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: October 10, 1972
- Place: Dixie, WA · DIXIE, WA
- Location: 46.1404° N, 118.1519° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dixie, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.1404&lon=-118.1519&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report March 8, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 169136
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA73ASO09
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA73ASO09

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2815  72/10/10   DIXIE,WASH          PIPER PA-23         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 60, 5597
        TIME - 1800                    N6707Y              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 70 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT -  WALLA WALLA CTY
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          HELENA,MONT                 WALLA WALLA,WASH
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED                  LANDING: INITIAL APPROACH
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - HYPOXIA
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT FATIGUE
        REMARKS- SPRING NDB,USED TO MARK INITIAL APCH FIX,NOT TUNED IN.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6707Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6707Y-1977-07-14), registration cancelled 1977-07-14, S/N 27-4034 (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:  Walla Walla Cty

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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