# NTSB UNK64X2189: Piper PA18, N3387P, Empire, LA, June 8, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: June 8, 1964
- Place: Empire, LA · EMPIRE, LA
- Location: 29.4452° N, 89.6144° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Empire, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.4452&lon=-89.6144&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 30, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 183217
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X2189
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X2189

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1592   64/6/8    EMPIRE LA           PIPER PA18          CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 8800
        TIME - 1030                    N3387P              PX-  0  0  0  FISH SPOTTING             TOTAL HOURS, 8000 IN
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT                                    TAXI: TO TAKEOFF
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE
        REMARKS- FLOAT STRUCK SEAPLANE RAMP
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N3387P (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage

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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