# NTSB OAK69A0014: Piper PA-18A, N3787P, Los Gatos, CA, August 25, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: August 25, 1968
- Place: Los Gatos, CA · LOS GATOS, CA
- Location: 37.2268° N, 121.9555° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Los Gatos, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2268&lon=-121.9555&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report March 4, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 108683
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK69A0014
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK69A0014

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-4539  68/8/25  NR.LOS GATOS,CALIF    PIPER PA-18A        CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 1000
        TIME - 1714                    N3787P              PX-  1  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL: SPIN                                              IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT
           MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING
        REMARKS- LOW PASS SO PX COULD TAKE PICTURES.ABRUPT PULL-UP TO AVOID TREES.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3787P](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3787P-1971-01-18), registration cancelled 1971-01-18, S/N 18-4687 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-18A
- Registry model: [Piper PA-18-150](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (registry code 7101828) (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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