# NTSB UNK65X0766: Piper PA18, N1758P, Cochise, AZ, November 20, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Closed
- Date: November 20, 1964
- Place: Cochise, AZ · COCHISE, AZ
- Location: 32.1137° N, 109.9217° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cochise, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.1137&lon=-109.9217&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report January 11, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 181122
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK65X0766
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK65X0766

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3588  64/11/20   COCHISE ARIZ        PIPER PA18          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 1000
        TIME - 0930                    N1758P              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 180 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT                                    TAKEOFF: RUN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN
           TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION
        REMARKS- AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH YUCCA PLANT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1758P](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1758P-2019-01-29), registration cancelled 2019-01-29, S/N 18-4078, built 1954 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18
- Registry model: [Piper PA-18](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18) (registry code 7101802) (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: Destroyed

## Other investigations on N1758P (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 SEA74AS001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA74AS001), Jul 15, 1973: Piper PA-18 (N1758P), Metolius, OR, 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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