# NTSB UNK64X3374: Piper PA18, N1589P, Nabesna, AK, August 14, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: August 14, 1964
- Place: Nabesna, AK · NABESNA, AK
- Location: 62.3719° N, 143.0086° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Nabesna, AK, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.3719&lon=-143.0086&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 29, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 182441
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X3374
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X3374

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2466  64/8/14    NABESNA ALAS        PIPER PA18          CR-  0  0  1  MISCELLANEOUS             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 0700                    N1589P              PX-  0  0  0  HUNTING                   AGE 36, 3000 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            300 IN TYPE, NOT
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK                                 LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1589P](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1589P-1970-03-19), registration cancelled 1970-03-19, S/N 18-3752 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18
- Registry model: [Piper PA-18-135](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-135) (registry code 7101820) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage

## Other investigations on N1589P (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 ANC67A0045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC67A0045), Nov 10, 1966: Piper PA-18 (N1589P), Yakutat, AK, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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