# NTSB ANC72DAG49: Piper PA-18, N4366Z, Kenai, AK, September 4, 1971

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: September 4, 1971
- Place: Kenai, AK · KENAI, AK
- Location: 60.5618° N, 151.2105° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kenai, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.5618&lon=-151.2105&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 18, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 163999
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC72DAG49
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC72DAG49

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3362   71/9/4  NR.KENAI,ALAS         PIPER PA-18         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 36, 919
        TIME - 0700                    N4366Z              PX-  0  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 468 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          SOLDOTNA,ALAS              KENAI,ALAS
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT                                    LANDING: ROLL
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN
           TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION
           TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
        REMARKS- HIT BRUSH APRXLY 10 FT HIGH
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4366Z](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4366Z-1973-06-30), registration cancelled 1973-06-30, S/N 18-8687, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-18
- Registry model: [Piper PA-18-150](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (registry code 7101828) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: 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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