- Date
- November 3, 2026, 09:20 local (17:20 UTC)
- Place
- Ocotillo Wells, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6865BPiper PA-22-150
- Defining event
- Maneuvering: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)
- Status
- Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class
- Class 3
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Case key
- 204115
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6865B
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-150
- Flight
- Personal
- Registered owner
- Ellis Ray Lynn
N6865BRegistered now · Piper PA-22-150Airframe modelPiper PA-22-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N6865B · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.