# NTSB OAK70DVM08: Piper PA-18, N8487D, Shandon, CA, March 13, 1970

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: March 13, 1970
- Place: Shandon, CA · SHANDON, CA
- Location: 35.6536° N, 120.3831° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Shandon, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6536&lon=-120.3831&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 14, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 136012
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK70DVM08
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK70DVM08

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0882  70/3/13    SHANDON,CALIF       PIPER PA-18         CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 630
        TIME - 0725                    N8487D              PX-  0  0  0  AERIAL APPLICATION        TOTAL HOURS, 43 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          PASO ROBLES,CAIF            SHANDON,CALIF
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED                  IN FLIGHT: PROCEDURE TURNAROUND
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE
         SPECIAL DATA
          TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED       KIND OF OPERATION - DEFOLIATION (LIQUID)
          KIND OF CROP - GRAIN FIELDS                              TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC
          GLOVES - NOT USED                                        GOGGLES - NOT USED
          CRASH HELMET - NOT AVAILABLE                             COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED
          CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED                                TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - AFT OF PILOT
          TERRAIN-TYPE -HILLY                                      ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET -  1320
          SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - WIND CALM                          PROCEDURE TURNAROUND - ENTRY TO PROCEDURE TURN
        REMARKS- DURING L TURN L WING HIT DIRT RIDGE.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8487D](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8487D-2013-05-14), registration cancelled 2013-05-14, S/N 18-6206 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-18
- Registry model: [Piper PA-18A 150](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18a-150) (registry code 7101837) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage

## Other investigations on N8487D (1)

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.

- [NTSB LAX97LA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX97LA104), Feb 15, 1997: Piper PA-18A (N8487D), Livingston, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to see and avoid power lines. A factor was the pilot's poor judgment in conducting unwarranted low altitude maneuvering.

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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