# NTSB FTW66F0080: Piper PA18A, N7366D, Pearsall, TX, May 23, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Closed
- Date: May 23, 1965
- Place: Pearsall, TX · PEARSALL, TX
- Location: 28.8929° N, 99.0972° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pearsall, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.8929&lon=-99.0972&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report September 1, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 178149
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW66F0080
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW66F0080

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0376  65/5/23    PEARSALL TEX        PIPER PA18A         CR-  0  1  0  COMMERCIAL                AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 0630                    N7366D              PX-  0  0  0  AERIAL APPLICATION        43, 7000 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            3000 IN TYPE, NOT
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MC KINLEY FIELD
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           TURBULENCE                                               IN FLIGHT: SWATH RUN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - VORTEX TURBULENCE
         SPECIAL DATA
          TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 3000                       KIND OF OPERATION - DUSTING CROPS
          KIND OF CROP - OTHER                                     TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - DRY CHEMICAL-TOXIC
          PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY                    GLOVES - NOT USED
          GOGGLES - NOT USED                                       CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED
          COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED                         CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED
          TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - AFT OF PILOT                      TERRAIN-TYPE -ROLLING
          ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET -  650                 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - CROSSWIND
        REMARKS- PILOT FLEW TOO CLOSE BEHIND SECOND DUSTER ACFT
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7366D](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7366D-1965-08-12), registration cancelled 1965-08-12, S/N 18-5729 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18A
- Registry model: [Piper PA-18A 150](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18a-150) (registry code 7101837) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Mc Kinley Field

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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