# NTSB UNK65X1122: Piper PA-24, N8489P, Philip, SD, December 24, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: December 24, 1964
- Place: Philip, SD · PHILIP, SD
- Location: 44.0409° N, 101.6648° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Philip, SD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0409&lon=-101.6648&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report February 25, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 186053
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK65X1122
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK65X1122

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0946  64/12/24 NR.PHILIP S DAKOTA    PIPER PA-24         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             STUDENT, AGE 42, 26 TOTAL
        TIME - 1730                    N8489P              PX-  1  0  0  BUSINESS                  HOURS, 7 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
           PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - LOW CEILING
           WEATHER - SNOW
        WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO
        WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT
        MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          OVERCAST                                                  500
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          1/2 MILE OR LESS                                         BLOWING SNOW
        TEMPERATURE-F                                            WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES
           3                                                         5
        WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS                                      TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS
           13                                                      IFR
        TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          NONE
        REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE-12/25/64.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8489P](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8489P-1965-02-10), registration cancelled 1965-02-10, S/N 26-68 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24
- Registry model: [Piper PA-24-400](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-400) (registry code 7102408) (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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