# NTSB UNK64X2115: Piper PA-24, N5996P, Elevenmile, CO, June 4, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: June 4, 1964
- Place: Elevenmile, CO · ELEVENMILE, CO
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report September 25, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 183578
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X2115
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X2115

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0344   64/6/4    ELEVENMILE COLO     PIPER PA-24         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 46, 850
        TIME - 1245                    N5996P              PX-  1  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 80 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED                  IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- PSG WAS A PRIVATE PILOT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5996P](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5996P-1965-05-22), registration cancelled 1965-05-22, S/N 24-1090 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24
- Registry model: [Piper PA-24-250](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (registry code 7102404) (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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