# NTSB UNK64X3096: Piper PA18A, N1582P, Port Heiden, AK, July 29, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: July 29, 1964
- Place: Port Heiden, AK · PORT HEIDEN, AK
- Location: 56.9326° N, 158.6250° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Port Heiden, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=56.9326&lon=-158.6250&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 19, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 181519
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X3096
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X3096

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3665  64/7/29    PORT HEIDEN ALAS    PIPER PA18A         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 44, 1500
        TIME - 1130                    N1582P              PX-  0  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 250 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           NOSE OVER/DOWN                                           TAXI: TO TAKEOFF
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
           WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          SCATTERED                                                 2000
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED)                                     NONE
        TEMPERATURE-F                                            WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES
           45                                                       75
        WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS                                      TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS
           40                                                      VFR
        TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          NONE
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1582P](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1582P-2013-10-31), registration cancelled 2013-10-31, S/N 18-3745, built 1955 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18A
- Registry model: [Piper PA-18A-135](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18a-135) (registry code 7101822) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-290 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (registry code 41506, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage

## Other investigations on N1582P (2)

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 ANC74DAG95](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC74DAG95), Mar 24, 1974: Piper PA-18 (N1582P), Eek, AK, substantial damage
- [NTSB ANC68D0008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC68D0008), Apr 1, 1967: Piper PA-18 (N1582P), Dillingham, AK, destroyed

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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