# NTSB UNK64X0630: Piper PA12, N3681M, Ripley, TN, February 21, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: February 21, 1964
- Place: Ripley, TN · RIPLEY, TN
- Location: 35.7444° N, 89.5333° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ripley, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7444&lon=-89.5333&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report January 8, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 124335
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X0630
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X0630

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0106  64/2/21  NR. RIPLEY TENN       PIPER PA12          CR-  1  0  0  MISCELLANEOUS             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1400                    N3681M              PX-  0  0  0  FERRY                     AGE 47, 8000 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            1000 IN TYPE, NOT
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     IN FLIGHT: BUZZING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT
        FACTOR(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,ALTITUDE OR CLEARANCE
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3681M](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3681M-2019-12-27), registration cancelled 2019-12-27, S/N 12-2629, built 1947 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA12
- Registry model: [Piper PA-12](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-12) (registry code 7101202) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-235 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (registry code 41505, 4 cycle) (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, 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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