# NTSB UNK65X0545: Piper PA18A, N9399D, Paradise Vly, AK, November 3, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: November 3, 1964
- Place: Paradise Vly, AK · PARADISE VLY, AK
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 19, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 181136
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK65X0545
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK65X0545

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3673   64/11/3   PARADISE VLY ALAS   PIPER PA18A         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 8000
        TIME - 1245                    N9399D              PX-  0  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 3000 IN
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           NOSE OVER/DOWN                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN
           TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED
           TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9399D](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9399D), registered now, S/N 18-6681, built 1958 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18A
- Registry model: [Piper PA-18-150](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (registry code 7101828) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (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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