# NTSB UNK64X0895: Piper PA22, N7596D, Wauchula, FL, March 12, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: March 12, 1964
- Place: Wauchula, FL · WAUCHULA, FL
- Location: 27.5469° N, 81.8101° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wauchula, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.5469&lon=-81.8101&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 1, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 185878
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X0895
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X0895

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0633  64/3/12    WAUCHULA FLA        PIPER PA22          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             STUDENT, AGE 31, 30 TOTAL
        TIME - 1030                    N7596D              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION                            TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB
           COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES                                   LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION
           POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: VENTS,DRAINS,TANK CAPS
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OBSTRUCTED
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7596D](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7596D-1980-12-19), registration cancelled 1980-12-19, S/N 22-5297 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22
- Registry model: [Piper PA-22-150](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-150) (registry code 7102210) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage

## Other investigations on N7596D (1)

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.

- [NTSB IAD80FA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD80FA024), Feb 18, 1980: Piper PA-22 (N7596D), Clear Spring, MD, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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