# NTSB FTW69D0041: Piper PA-18, N8577D, Kingsville, TX, May 20, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Closed
- Date: May 20, 1968
- Place: Kingsville, TX · KINGSVILLE, TX
- Location: 27.5092° N, 97.8610° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kingsville, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.5092&lon=-97.8610&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 12, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 110338
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW69D0041
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW69D0041

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1794  68/5/20    KINGSVILLE,TEX      PIPER PA-18         CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1545                    N8577D              PX-  0  0  1  ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY   AGE 30, 280 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            22 IN TYPE, NOT
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT                                    IN FLIGHT: SURVEY FIELD/AREA
           NOSE OVER/DOWN                                           LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE
        REMARKS- PLT DOVE INTO HIGH GRASS WHEN HE WAS DISTRACTED BY NAVY JETS.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8577D](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8577D-1969-02-03), registration cancelled 1969-02-03, S/N 18-6235, built 1958 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-18
- Registry model: [Piper PA-18-150](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (registry code 7101828) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage

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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