# NTSB UNK64X0506: Piper J3C, N92163, Amityville, NY, February 9, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: February 9, 1964
- Place: Amityville, NY · AMITYVILLE, NY
- Location: 40.6698° N, 73.4158° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Amityville, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6698&lon=-73.4158&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 7, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 123350
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X0506
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X0506

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0096   64/2/9    AMITYVILLE NY       PIPER J3C           CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 45, 75 TOTAL
        TIME - 1500                    N92163              PX-  1  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-NONE         OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - ZAHN
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           PROPELLER/ROTOR ACCIDENT TO PERSON                       STATIC: IDLING ENGINE(S)
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT
        REMARKS- PASSENGER WALKED INTO ROTATING PROPELLER
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N92163](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N92163-2012-06-29), registration cancelled 2012-06-29, S/N 16605, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER J3C
- Registry model: [Piper J3C-65](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j3c-65) (registry code 7100510) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental A&C65 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (registry code 17003, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: No damage
- Airport: Zahn

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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