# NTSB FTW67F0176: Piper PA-25, N6682Z, Port Isabel, TX, August 11, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: August 11, 1966
- Place: Port Isabel, TX · PORT ISABEL, TX
- Location: 26.0658° N, 97.3098° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Port Isabel, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.0658&lon=-97.3098&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report October 26, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 122363
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW67F0176
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW67F0176

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0343  66/8/11    PORT ISABEL TEX     PIPER PA-25         CR-  1  0  0  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 28, 1500
        TIME - 1000                    N6682Z              PX-  0  0  0  AERIAL APPLICATION        TOTAL HOURS, 500 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - CAMERON COUNTY
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: CROP                                      IN FLIGHT: SWATH RUN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE
         SPECIAL DATA
          TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED       KIND OF OPERATION - DEFOLIATION (LIQUID)
          KIND OF CROP - COTTON                                    TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC
          PILOT' S SEAT BELT -UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED                 TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT
          TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT                                 ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET -  15
          SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - CROSSWIND
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- RT.WING TIP SNAGGED 6 FT TALL DENSE COTTON
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6682Z](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6682Z-1969-03-04), registration cancelled 1969-03-04, S/N 252293 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-25
- Registry model: [Piper PA-25-235](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25-235) (registry code 7102504) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Cameron 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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