# NTSB UNK64X3329: Piper PA18, N3970A, Glebe Point, VA, August 11, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: August 11, 1964
- Place: Glebe Point, VA · GLEBE POINT, VA
- Location: 37.3160° N, 77.4789° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Glebe Point, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3160&lon=-77.4789&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 26, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 182401
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X3329
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X3329

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2431  64/8/11    GLEBE POINT VA      PIPER PA18          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             STUDENT, AGE 33, 70 TOTAL
        TIME - 1310                    N3970A              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           HARD LANDING                                             LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3970A](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3970A-1970-07-13), registration cancelled 1970-07-13, S/N 18-573 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18
- Registry model: [Piper PA-18-125](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-125) (registry code 7101812) (OpenAirDocs)
- 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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