# NTSB UNK64X3584: Piper J3C, N42128, Anchorage, AK, August 25, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: August 25, 1964
- Place: Anchorage, AK · ANCHORAGE, AK
- Location: 61.2181° N, 149.9003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Anchorage, AK, within about 23 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2181&lon=-149.9003&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 3, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 181910
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X3584
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X3584

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2620  64/8/25  NR. ANCHORAGE ALAS    PIPER J3C           CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 46, 337
        TIME - 1130                    N42128              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT                                    TAKEOFF: ABORTED
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
           PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF
        REMARKS- COLLIDED WITH SHORELINE.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N42128](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N42128-2015-04-30), registration cancelled 2015-04-30, S/N 14354, built 1945 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER J3C
- Registry model: [Piper J3C-65](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j3c-65) (registry code 7100510) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C85 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (registry code 17008, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage

## Other investigations on N42128 (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 ANC87LA145](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC87LA145), Sep 2, 1987: Piper J3C-65 (N42128), Kahlitna Glac, 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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