# NTSB UNK64X2596: Howard DGA15P, N9843H, Pekin, IL, July 1, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Closed
- Date: July 1, 1964
- Place: Pekin, IL · PEKIN, IL
- Location: 40.5688° N, 89.6251° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pekin, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5688&lon=-89.6251&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 8, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 182917
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X2596
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X2596

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1899   64/7/1    PEKIN ILL           HOWARD DGA15P       CR-  0  0  1  MISCELLANEOUS             PRIVATE, AGE 29, 369
        TIME - 1900                    N9843H              PX-  0  0  1  PARAJUMP-SPORT            TOTAL HOURS, 5 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - OLD PEKIN
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: ROLL
           COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES                                   LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9843H](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9843H-1965-05-21), registration cancelled 1965-05-21, S/N 1016 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HOWARD DGA15P
- Registry model: [Howard DGA-15P](https://openairdocs.org/model/howard-dga-15p) (registry code 4690506) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Old Pekin

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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