# NTSB UNK64X2786: Piper PA28, N7402W, Johns Island, SC, July 12, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: July 12, 1964
- Place: Johns Island, SC · JOHNS ISLAND, SC
- Location: 32.7924° N, 80.1081° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Johns Island, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7924&lon=-80.1081&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 13, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 184729
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X2786
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X2786

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2034  64/7/12    JOHNS ISLAND S C    PIPER PA28          CR-  0  0  1  INSTRUCTIONAL             STUDENT, AGE 28, 15 TOTAL
        TIME - 1335                    N7402W              PX-  0  0  0  SOLO                      HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - JOHNS ISLAND
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 TAKEOFF: RUN
           NOSE OVER/DOWN                                           TAKEOFF: RUN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7402W](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7402W-1976-08-16), registration cancelled 1976-08-16, S/N 28-1289 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-180](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (registry code 7102808) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Johns Island

## Other investigations on N7402W (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 IAD76DKW35](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76DKW35), Jul 11, 1976: Piper PA-28 (N7402W), Bluff City, TN, 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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