# NTSB UNK64X0377: Piper J3C-65, N98319, Puget Sound, WA, January 26, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: January 26, 1964
- Place: Puget Sound, WA · PUGET SOUND, WA
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report April 13, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 185824
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X0377
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X0377

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0975  64/1/26    PUGET SOUND WASH    PIPER J3C-65        CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             STUDENT, AGE 39, 30 TOTAL
        TIME - UNK/NR                  N98319              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  HOURS, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           MISSING AIRCRAFT,NOT RECOVERED                           UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        REMARKS- A/C OBSERVED TO DISAPPEAR IN MIST OVER PUGET SOUND.INJURY INDEX & A/C DAMAGE PRESUMED.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N98319](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N98319-1965-06-08), registration cancelled 1965-06-08, S/N 18481 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER J3C-65
- Registry model: [Piper J3C-85](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j3c-85) (registry code 7100525) (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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