# NTSB UNK64X3095: Piper PA-24, N7529P, Elizabethtown, KY, July 28, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: July 28, 1964
- Place: Elizabethtown, KY · ELIZABETHTOWN, KY
- Location: 37.6987° N, 85.8767° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Elizabethtown, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6987&lon=-85.8767&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report April 23, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 182736
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X3095
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X3095

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0994  64/7/28  NR.ELIZABETHTOWN KY   PIPER PA-24         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             STUDENT, AGE 26, 260
        TIME - 1650                    N7529P              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 217 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT                              IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
        FACTOR(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
           WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY
        WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          OVERCAST                                                  1000
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          1 MILE OR LESS                                           NONE
        TEMPERATURE-F                                            WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES
           81                                                      340
        WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS                                      TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS
           4                                                       IFR
        TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          NONE
        REMARKS- POINT OF DEPARTURE & PURPOSE OF FLIGHT ARE UNKNOWN.NASHVILLE FSS ADVSD PILOT OF TSTM ACTY AT LVILE
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7529P](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7529P-1964-08-28), registration cancelled 1964-08-28, S/N 24-2732 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24
- Registry model: [Piper PA-24](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24) (registry code 7102402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

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