# NTSB MIA66F0220: Piper PA-11, N5571H, Jackson, TN, September 7, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: September 7, 1965
- Place: Jackson, TN · JACKSON, TN
- Location: 35.6145° N, 88.8139° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jackson, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6145&lon=-88.8139&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report October 21, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 201533
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA66F0220
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA66F0220-201533

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0520   65/9/7  NR.JACKSON TENN       PIPER PA-11         CR-  1  0  0  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 35, 450
        TIME - 0845                    N5571H              PX-  0  0  0  AERIAL APPLICATION        TOTAL HOURS, 175 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     IN FLIGHT: PULLUP FROM SWATH RUN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE
         SPECIAL DATA
          TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL -  175                       KIND OF OPERATION - DEFOLIATION (DUST)
          KIND OF CROP - COTTON                                    TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - DRY CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC
          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 -  400                 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - UPWIND
          PROCEDURE TURNAROUND - ENTRY TO PROCEDURE TURN
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5571H](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5571H-1965-10-25), registration cancelled 1965-10-25, S/N 11-1093 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-11
- Registry model: [Piper PA-11](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-11) (registry code 7101102) (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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