# NTSB UNK65X0219: Piper PA24, N6885P, Hempstead, TX, October 10, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: October 10, 1964
- Place: Hempstead, TX · HEMPSTEAD, TX
- Location: 30.1015° N, 96.0765° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hempstead, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.1015&lon=-96.0765&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 17, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 181454
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK65X0219
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK65X0219

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3181  64/10/10   HEMPSTEAD TEX       PIPER PA24          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 40, 2000
        TIME - 1330                    N6885P              PX-  0  0  1  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT                                    LANDING: ROLL
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN
           TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
        REMARKS- AIRCRAFT NOSE WHEEL STRUCK A HOLE.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6885P](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6885P-1968-01-25), registration cancelled 1968-01-25, S/N 24-2021 (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

## Other investigations on N6885P (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 FTW68A0063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW68A0063), Dec 19, 1967: Piper PA-24 (N6885P), Manvel, TX, 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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