# NTSB DEN70F0046: Piper PA-18A, N7782D, Slater, WY, July 13, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: July 13, 1969
- Place: Slater, WY · SLATER, WY
- Location: 41.8730° N, 104.8200° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Slater, WY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8730&lon=-104.8200&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report September 12, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 169669
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN70F0046
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN70F0046

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2310  69/7/13    SLATER,WYO          PIPER PA-18A        CR-  1  0  0  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 39,
        TIME - 0815                    N7782D              PX-  0  0  0  ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY   UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            UNK/NR IN TYPE, NOT
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           UNDETERMINED                                             IN FLIGHT: EN ROUTE TO TREAT CROP
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
         SPECIAL DATA
          TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED       KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS
          KIND OF CROP - GRAIN FIELDS                              TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC
          GLOVES - NOT USED                                        GOGGLES - NOT USED
          CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED                            COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED
          CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED                                TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - AFT OF PILOT
          ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET -  4800
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- CRASHED ONE-ONE-HALF MILES SHORT OF DESTINATION.ACFT DESTROYED BY FIRE.NO WITNESSES.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7782D](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7782D-1972-04-25), registration cancelled 1972-04-25, S/N 18-5971, built 1957 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-18A
- Registry model: [Piper PA-18A 150](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18a-150) (registry code 7101837) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

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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