# NTSB SEA69D0243: Piper PA-18, N4727A, Peerless, MT, January 21, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: January 21, 1969
- Place: Peerless, MT · PEERLESS, MT
- Location: 48.7823° N, 105.8304° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Peerless, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.7823&lon=-105.8304&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 19, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 114438
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA69D0243
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA69D0243

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1003  69/1/21    PEERLESS,MONT       PIPER PA-18         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 27, 1398
        TIME - 1400                    N4727A              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 330 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           TAKEOFF: RUN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: SKI ASSEMBLIES
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE
        REMARKS- RT SKI TIP TURNED UNDER.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4727A](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4727A-2016-08-17), registration cancelled 2016-08-17, S/N 18-4948, built 1956 (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: [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 N4727A (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 ANC74AA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC74AA075), May 23, 1974: Piper PA-18 (N4727A), Palmer, AK, substantial damage, 1 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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