# NTSB CHI68A0044: Piper PA-25, N9100D, Sullivan, IN, November 7, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: November 7, 1967
- Place: Sullivan, IN · SULLIVAN, IN
- Location: 39.0959° N, 87.4077° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sullivan, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0959&lon=-87.4077&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report May 28, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 113639
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI68A0044
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI68A0044

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-1115   67/11/7   SULLIVAN,IND        PIPER PA-25         CR-  1  0  0  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 3500
        TIME - 1040                    N9100D              PX-  0  0  0  AERIAL APPLICATION        TOTAL HOURS, 348 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SULLIVAN COUNTY
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     IN FLIGHT: PROCEDURE TURNAROUND
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE
         SPECIAL DATA
          TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED       KIND OF OPERATION - SEEDING CROPS
          KIND OF CROP - GRAIN FIELDS                              PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
          GLOVES - USED                                            CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE-NOT USED
          COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED                             CRASH BAR - INSTALLED
          TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT                  TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT
          ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET -  480                 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - CROSSWIND
          PROCEDURE TURNAROUND - THIRD 1/3 TURN
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9100D](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9100D-1967-11-07), registration cancelled 1967-11-07, S/N 25-1 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-25
- Registry model: [Piper PA-25-150](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25-150) (registry code 7102503) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Sullivan County

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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