# NTSB UNK65X1497: Piper PA-18, N1055A, El Rodeo, Mexico, June 9, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: June 9, 1965
- Place: El Rodeo, Mexico · EL RODEO, Mexico
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 11, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 177115
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK65X1497
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK65X1497

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
6-0036   65/6/9    EL RODEO MEXICO     PIPER PA-18         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 41,
        TIME - 0900                    N1055A              PX-  0  0  1  BUSINESS                  UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, 100
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - RODEO
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N1055A (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-18
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Rodeo

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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