# NTSB ANC69A0024: Piper J3C-85, N42633, Anchorage, AK, October 23, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: October 23, 1968
- Place: Anchorage, AK · ANCHORAGE, AK
- Location: 61.2181° N, 149.9003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Anchorage, AK, within about 23 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2181&lon=-149.9003&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report March 21, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 192131
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC69A0024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC69A0024

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-4697  68/10/23 NR.ANCHORAGE,ALAS     PIPER J3C-85        CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 23, 138
        TIME - 1722                    N42633              PX-  1  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           MISSING AIRCRAFT,NOT RECOVERED                           UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER
        REMARKS- PLT RADIOD,MAYDAY GOING INTO COOK INLET.CUSHION,PART OF ENG COWL RECOVERED. ACFT DMG,INJ PRESUMED.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N42633](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N42633-1970-08-18), registration cancelled 1970-08-18, S/N 14924 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER J3C-85
- Registry model: [Piper J3C-65](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j3c-65) (registry code 7100510) (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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