# NTSB ANC68A0009: Piper PA-14S, N5161H, Ketchikan, AK, August 11, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: August 11, 1967
- Place: Ketchikan, AK · KETCHIKAN, AK
- Location: 55.3571° N, 131.6746° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ketchikan, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=55.3571&lon=-131.6746&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 1, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 115166
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC68A0009
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC68A0009

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2726  67/8/11    KETCHIKAN,ALAS      PIPER PA-14S        CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 25, 350
        TIME - 2125                    N5161H              PX-  0  0  3  AIR TAXI-PASSG            TOTAL HOURS, 45 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - TONGASS SEAPLANE
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT                                    TAKEOFF: RUN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: OTHER
           PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF
        REMARKS- OPERATOR OF UNLIGHTED OUTBOARD BOAT INTRUDED INT0 T/O PATH OF SEAPLANE.BOAT PROP DMGD ACFT FLOAT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5161H](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5161H-2014-10-27), registration cancelled 2014-10-27, S/N 14-171, built 1948 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-14S
- Registry model: [Piper PA-14](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-14) (registry code 7101402) (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: Tongass Seaplane

## Other investigations on N5161H (2)

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 ANC75DAA01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC75DAA01), Jul 3, 1974: Piper PA-14 (N5161H), Dearing, AK, substantial damage
- [NTSB ANC66D0016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC66D0016), Aug 10, 1965: Piper PA-14 (N5161H), Ketchikan, AK, substantial damage

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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