# NTSB UNK64X0603: Piper PA18, N5897D, El Toro, CA, February 18, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: February 18, 1964
- Place: El Toro, CA · EL TORO, CA
- Location: 33.6470° N, 117.6837° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of El Toro, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6470&lon=-117.6837&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 185191
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X0603
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X0603

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0400  64/2/18    EL TORO CALIF       PIPER PA18          CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 15000
        TIME - 1400                    N5897D              PX-  0  0  0  POWER/PIPELINE            TOTAL HOURS, 9000 IN
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 LANDING: ROLL
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: AILERON AND AILERON TAB CONTROL SYSTEM
           TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5897D](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5897D-2011-04-29), registration cancelled 2011-04-29, S/N 18-5406 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18
- Registry model: [Piper PA-18A 150](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18a-150) (registry code 7101837) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage

## Other investigations on N5897D (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 FTW67A0025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW67A0025), Aug 21, 1966: Piper PA-18 (N5897D), Kellyville, OK, destroyed, 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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