# NTSB UNK64X3791: Piper PA18A, N1870A, Tonasket, WA, September 5, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: September 5, 1964
- Place: Tonasket, WA · TONASKET, WA
- Location: 48.7076° N, 119.4423° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tonasket, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.7076&lon=-119.4423&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 6, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 182049
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X3791
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X3791

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2774   64/9/5    TONASKET WASH       PIPER PA18A         CR-  0  0  1  MISCELLANEOUS             PRIVATE, AGE 25, 237
        TIME - 1830                    N1870A              PX-  0  0  0  FERRY                     TOTAL HOURS, 80 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - TONASKET
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           HARD LANDING                                             LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1870A](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1870A-1975-01-13), registration cancelled 1975-01-13, S/N 18-1698, built 1952 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18A
- Registry model: [Piper PA-18A](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18a) (registry code 7101804) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Tonasket

## Other investigations on N1870A (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 SEA69D0268](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA69D0268), Jun 1, 1969: Piper PA-18 (N1870A), Oraville, WA, 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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