# NTSB ANC99WA010: Piper J3C-65, N2033M, Watson Lake, Canada, October 22, 1998

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: October 22, 1998, 12:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place: Watson Lake, Canada
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 45243
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC99WA010
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/45243/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC99WA010

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2033M](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2033M-2018-01-16), registration cancelled 2018-01-16, S/N 20801, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Piper J3C-65
- Registry model: [Piper J3C-65](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j3c-65) (registry code 7100510) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental A&C75 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c75-series) (registry code 17005, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Shawn P. Ansley
- Departed: CYQH
- Destination: CYZY, MACKENZIE
- Flight plan: VFR

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Not reported
- Visibility: 0.5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 50 ft overcast

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19981022045879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981022045879A), Oct 22, 1998: Piper J3C65, Watson Lake, CN, Substantial damage. On October 22, 1998, about 1200 pacific daylight time (PDT), a wheel equipped Piper J3C-65 airplane, N2033M, sustained substantial damage during a collision…

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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