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NTSB accident investigation · Piper PA18 · Cordova, AK · June 4, 1964

Accident · Serious injuriesClosed
Date
June 4, 1964
Place
Cordova, AK · CORDOVA, AK
Injuries
1 serious
Damage
Destroyed
Phase of flight
Unknown
Aircraft
N9489DPiper PA18
Status
Completed · report August 26, 1964
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
183603

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NTSB brief

NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0403   64/6/4  NR.CORDOVA ALAS       PIPER PA18          CR-  0  1  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 26, 1050
        TIME - 1830                    N9489D              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 180 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           UNDETERMINED                                             UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        REMARKS- PILOT HAS NO RECOLLECTION OF THE FLIGHT, NO WITNESS OF ACCIDENT.

Aircraft

Registration
N9489D
Reported as
Piper PA18
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Destroyed

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.