# NTSB UNK64X2267: Piper PA18A, N3791A, Caddo Mills, TX, June 13, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: June 13, 1964
- Place: Caddo Mills, TX · CADDO MILLS, TX
- Location: 33.0469° N, 96.2322° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Caddo Mills, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0469&lon=-96.2322&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report February 3, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 183501
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X2267
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X2267

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0208  64/6/13    CADDO MILLS TEX     PIPER PA18A         CR-  1  0  0  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 23, 659
        TIME - 1100                    N3791A              PX-  0  0  0  AERIAL APPLICATION        TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL: SPIN                                              IN FLIGHT: SWATH RUN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
         SPECIAL DATA
          TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL -  450                       KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS
          KIND OF CROP - COTTON                                    TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC
          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 - BELLY                             ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET -  250
          SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - UPWIND                             PROCEDURE TURNAROUND - THIRD 1/3 TURN
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3791A](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3791A-2011-02-09), registration cancelled 2011-02-09, S/N 18-3058 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18A
- Registry model: [Piper PA-18A-135](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18a-135) (registry code 7101822) (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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