# NTSB ANC69D0046: Piper PA-20S, N716SA, Talkeetna, AK, August 12, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Closed
- Date: August 12, 1968
- Place: Talkeetna, AK · TALKEETNA, AK
- Location: 62.3239° N, 150.1094° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Talkeetna, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.3239&lon=-150.1094&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 25, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 108999
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC69D0046
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC69D0046

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2947  68/8/12    TALKEETNA,ALAS      PIPER PA-20S        CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             STUDENT, AGE 34, 36 TOTAL
        TIME - 1120                    N716SA              PX-  0  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT                                    LANDING: ROLL
           NOSE OVER/DOWN                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
           TERRAIN - HIDDEN OBSTRUCTIONS
        FACTOR(S)
           TERRAIN - ROUGH WATER
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER
        REMARKS- PLT LANDED ON RIVER. FLOATS STRUCK SUBMERGED OBJECT. SWIFT CURRENT CARRIED ACFT DOWN RIVER.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N716SA](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N716SA-1970-09-15), registration cancelled 1970-09-15, S/N 20-1117 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-20S
- Registry model: [Piper PA-20](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-20) (registry code 7102002) (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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