# NTSB UNK65X0195: Piper PA24, N7785P, Ladysmith, WI, October 8, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: October 8, 1964
- Place: Ladysmith, WI · LADYSMITH, WI
- Location: 45.4610° N, 91.0976° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ladysmith, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.4610&lon=-91.0976&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 20, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 181438
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK65X0195
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK65X0195

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3166   64/10/8   LADYSMITH WIS       PIPER PA24          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 48, 600
        TIME - 1600                    N7785P              PX-  0  0  2  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 400 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - RUSK COUNTY
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK                                 LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PERSONNEL - AIRPORT SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: FAILURE TO NOTIFY OF UNSAFE COND/AND OR FAILURE TO MARK OBSTRUCTION
        REMARKS- BANK OF DIRT ACROSS RUNWAY AT INTERSECTION.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7785P](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7785P-1994-04-25), registration cancelled 1994-04-25, S/N 243002 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24
- Registry model: [Piper PA-24-250](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (registry code 7102404) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Rusk County

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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