# NTSB UNK64X2653: Piper PA14, N4275H, Ketchikan, AK, July 5, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: July 5, 1964
- Place: Ketchikan, AK · KETCHIKAN, AK
- Location: 55.3571° N, 131.6746° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ketchikan, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=55.3571&lon=-131.6746&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 9, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 182932
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X2653
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X2653

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1939   64/7/5    KETCHIKAN ALAS      PIPER PA14          CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - UNK/NR                  N4275H              PX-  0  0  0  AIR TAXI-CARGO            AGE 20, 1500 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            60 IN TYPE, NOT
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - KETCHIKAN SEPLANE
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT                                    LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN
           TERRAIN - ROUGH WATER
        REMARKS- STRUCK BOAT SWELL DAMAGING FLOAT
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4275H](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4275H-1970-06-23), registration cancelled 1970-06-23, S/N 14-82 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA14
- Registry model: [Piper PA-14](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-14) (registry code 7101402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Ketchikan Seplane

## Other investigations on N4275H (1)

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.

- [NTSB ANC67D0020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC67D0020), Aug 28, 1966: Piper PA-14 (N4275H), Ketchikan, AK, 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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