# NTSB SEA65D0024: Piper PA-18A, N7676D, Bancroft, ID, February 24, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: February 24, 1965
- Place: Bancroft, ID · BANCROFT, ID
- Location: 42.7194° N, 111.8823° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bancroft, ID, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7194&lon=-111.8823&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 26, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 179445
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA65D0024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA65D0024

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0437  65/2/24  NR.BANCROFT ID        PIPER PA-18A        CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 27, 2050
        TIME - 1500                    N7676D              PX-  0  0  0  AERIAL APPLICATION        TOTAL HOURS, 1400 IN
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES                               IN FLIGHT: SWATH RUN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE
         SPECIAL DATA
          TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 1400                       KIND OF OPERATION - FERTILIZING (DUST)
          KIND OF CROP - GRAIN FIELDS                              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 -LEVEL,FLAT
          ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET -  5500                SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - CROSSWIND
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7676D](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7676D-1975-10-06), registration cancelled 1975-10-06, S/N 18-5898 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-18A
- 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 N7676D (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 ANC75DAA11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC75DAA11), Sep 8, 1974: Piper PA-18 (N7676D), Galena, AK, 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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