# NTSB MIA65F0043: Piper PA-18, N3598Z, Hazlehurst, MS, March 16, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: March 16, 1965
- Place: Hazlehurst, MS · HAZLEHURST, MS
- Location: 31.8639° N, 90.3928° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hazlehurst, MS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8639&lon=-90.3928&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 18, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 178997
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA65F0043
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA65F0043

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0636  65/3/16    HAZLEHURST MISS     PIPER PA-18         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 33, 800
        TIME - 1330                    N3598Z              PX-  0  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 300 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: ROLL
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3598Z](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3598Z-2011-07-08), registration cancelled 2011-07-08, S/N 18-7392, built 1960 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-18
- Registry model: [Piper PA-18](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18) (registry code 7101802) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C90 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (registry code 17009, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage

## Other investigations on N3598Z (1)

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 MKC73DTK15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC73DTK15), May 6, 1973: Piper PA-18 (N3598Z), Winner, SD, 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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