# NTSB UNK65X1451: Piper PA-18, N39782, Kitaka Afri, Kenya, February 24, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: February 24, 1965
- Place: Kitaka Afri, Kenya · KITAKA AFRI, Kenya
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 15, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 178598
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK65X1451
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK65X1451

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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6-0014  65/2/24    KITAKA KENYA AFRI   PIPER PA-18         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             CERTIFICATE OTHER, AGE
        TIME - 1205                    N39782              PX-  0  0  0  PRACTICE                  UNK/NR, 89 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - ST JOSEPHS COLLGE
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: ROLL
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     LANDING: GO-AROUND
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N39782 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-18
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: St Josephs Collge

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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