# NTSB NYC72DNC39: Piper PA-18, N4275Z, Clinton, ME, March 30, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: March 30, 1972
- Place: Clinton, ME · CLINTON, ME
- Location: 44.6446° N, 69.4887° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Clinton, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.6446&lon=-69.4887&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 10, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 165665
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC72DNC39
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC72DNC39

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1105  72/3/30    CLINTON,ME          PIPER PA-18         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, 2385
        TIME - 0715                    N4275Z              PX-  0  0  0  AERIAL SURVEY             TOTAL HOURS, 185 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          GREENVILLE,ME               CLINTON,ME
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES                               TAXI: FROM LANDING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED
        FACTOR(S)
           TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED
        REMARKS- ACFT HIT SOLID CRUSTED SNOW,SLID SIDEWAYS & HIT A POLE.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4275Z](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4275Z-2012-11-21), registration cancelled 2012-11-21, S/N 18-8523, built 1967 (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)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage

## Other investigations on N4275Z (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 ANC80FA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80FA048), May 28, 1980: Piper PA-18 (N4275Z), Ninilchik, AK, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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