# NTSB UNK64X0629: Piper PA18, N7595P, Gillette, WY, February 21, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: February 21, 1964
- Place: Gillette, WY · GILLETTE, WY
- Location: 44.2726° N, 105.4989° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gillette, WY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.2726&lon=-105.4989&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report January 7, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 124005
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X0629
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X0629

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0102  64/2/21  NR. GILLETTE WY       PIPER PA18          CR-  1  0  0  MISCELLANEOUS             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1200                    N7595P              PX-  0  0  0  OTHER                     AGE 42, 4000 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            1500 IN TYPE, NOT
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL                                                    IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
        REMARKS- WILDLIFE SPOTTING FLIGHT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7595P](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7595P-1965-05-20), registration cancelled 1965-05-20, S/N 18-7769 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18
- 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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