# NTSB UNK65X1255: Piper PA28, N6309W, Ridgeland, SC, January 8, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: January 8, 1965
- Place: Ridgeland, SC · RIDGELAND, SC
- Location: 32.4807° N, 80.9804° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ridgeland, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4807&lon=-80.9804&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 3, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 180015
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK65X1255
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK65X1255

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0104   65/1/8    RIDGELAND SC        PIPER PA28          CR-  0  0  1  INSTRUCTIONAL             STUDENT, AGE 35, 38 TOTAL
        TIME - 1230                    N6309W              PX-  0  0  0  SOLO                      HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - RIDGELAND
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: ROLL
           COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS                          LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6309W](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6309W-2007-03-07), registration cancelled 2007-03-07, S/N 28-20354, built 1964 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-140](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (registry code 7102802) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Ridgeland

## Other investigations on N6309W (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 LAX06LA182](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06LA182), May 26, 2006: Piper PA-28-140 (N6309W), Eagar, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: the flight instructor's failure to attain and maintain the proper climb airspeed, which resulted in a stall/mush.

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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