# NTSB UNK65X0890: Piper PA22, N8616C, St Marys, PA, November 30, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Closed
- Date: November 30, 1964
- Place: St Marys, PA · ST MARYS, PA
- Location: 41.4278° N, 78.5609° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Marys, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4278&lon=-78.5609&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 3 serious
- Status: Completed, report February 15, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 180664
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK65X0890
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK65X0890

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0871  64/11/30   ST MARYS PA         PIPER PA22          CR-  0  1  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 58, 1200
        TIME - 2300                    N8616C              PX-  0  2  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 200 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - ST MARYS
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ICE-WINDSHIELD
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8616C](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8616C-1965-03-25), registration cancelled 1965-03-25, S/N 22-1308 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22
- Registry model: [Piper PA-22](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22) (registry code 7102202) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: St Marys

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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