# NTSB UNK64X2084: Navy N3N, N45217, Gilbert, AZ, June 3, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: June 3, 1964
- Place: Gilbert, AZ · GILBERT, AZ
- Location: 33.3528° N, 111.7890° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gilbert, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3528&lon=-111.7890&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 28, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 183167
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X2084
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X2084

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1522   64/6/3    GILBERT ARIZ        NAVY N3N            CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 2087
        TIME - 1915                    N45217              PX-  0  0  0  PRACTICE                  TOTAL HOURS, 1 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - NODESITT
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 LANDING: ROLL
           COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS
        REMARKS- PARKED AIRCRAFT NAVY N3N N44846 SUBST. DAMAGE.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N45217](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N45217-2020-01-16), registration cancelled 2020-01-16, S/N 4506, built 1941 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NAVY N3N
- Registry model: [Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3](https://openairdocs.org/model/naval-aircraft-factory-n3n-3) (registry code 6120202) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney WJR-B-S-T](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-wjr-b-s-t) (registry code 52007, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Nodesitt

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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