# NTSB UNK65X1064: Piper PA-24, N5552P, Huntington Lk, CA, December 19, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: December 19, 1964
- Place: Huntington Lk, CA · HUNTINGTON LK, CA
- Location: 37.2316° N, 119.2360° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Huntington Lake, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2316&lon=-119.2360&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report November 24, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 180776
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK65X1064
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK65X1064

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-1031  64/12/19 NR.HUNTINGTON LK CAL  PIPER PA-24         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 3800
        TIME - 1957                    N5552P              PX-  1  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 20 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           UNDETERMINED                                             UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC.
           WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS
        WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE
        WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT
        MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          OVERCAST                                                  0
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          ZERO                                                     SNOW
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TEMPERATURE-F
          BLOWING SNOW                                              57
        WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES                                   WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS
          180                                                       13
        TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS                               TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          IFR                                                      VFR
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 8/15/65.ACFT CRASHED ON MT WHITNEY POST CRASH SNOW AND LAND SLIDE DESTROYED EVIDENCE
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5552P](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5552P-2012-08-23), registration cancelled 2012-08-23, S/N 24-566, built 1958 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24
- Registry model: [Piper PA-24-250](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (registry code 7102404) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (registry code 41532, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: 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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