# NTSB UNK64X4073: Howard DGA15P, N65595, Deridder, LA, September 20, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: September 20, 1964
- Place: Deridder, LA · DERIDDER, LA
- Location: 30.8450° N, 93.2952° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of DeRidder, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.8450&lon=-93.2952&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 5 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 13, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 181233
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X4073
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X4073

## NTSB brief

```
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2971  64/9/20    DERIDDER LA         HOWARD DGA15P       CR-  0  0  1  MISCELLANEOUS             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1430                    N65595              PX-  0  0  4  PARAJUMP-SPORT            AGE 35, 915 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            115 IN TYPE, NOT
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - BEAUREGARD PARISH
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           TAXI: TO TAKEOFF
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC.
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PREVIOUS DAMAGE
        REMARKS- LEFT GEAR ATTACH FITTING FAILED.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N65595](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N65595-1970-07-30), registration cancelled 1970-07-30, S/N 1760, built 1944 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HOWARD DGA15P
- Registry model: [Howard DGA-15P](https://openairdocs.org/model/howard-dga-15p) (registry code 4690506) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Beauregard Parish

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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