# NTSB SEA69D0045: Piper PA-18, N5881D, Carver, OR, May 27, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: May 27, 1968
- Place: Carver, OR · CARVER, OR
- Location: 45.3946° N, 122.4973° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Carver, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.3946&lon=-122.4973&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 12, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 118644
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA69D0045
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA69D0045

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3504  68/5/27    CARVER,OREG         PIPER PA-18         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 44,
        TIME - 1910                    N5881D              PX-  0  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  250 TOTAL HOURS, 40 IN
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - TROHS
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           NOSE OVER/DOWN                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN
           TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION
        REMARKS- LANDED IN FLD OF THICK HIGH ALFALFA.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5881D](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5881D), registered now, S/N 18-5305, built 1956 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-18
- Registry model: [Piper PA-18A 150](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18a-150) (registry code 7101837) (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
- Airport: Trohs

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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