# NTSB UNK64X2476: Piper PA18A, N9252D, Oberlin, KS, June 25, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: June 25, 1964
- Place: Oberlin, KS · OBERLIN, KS
- Location: 39.8236° N, 100.5308° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Oberlin, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8236&lon=-100.5308&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 6, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 182847
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X2476
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X2476

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1807  64/6/25    OBERLIN KANS        PIPER PA18A         CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 0745                    N9252D              PX-  0  0  0  ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY   AGE 41, 6782 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            915 IN TYPE, NOT
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT -                 Z
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 LANDING: ROLL
           COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS                          LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS
         SPECIAL DATA
          TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 2588                       KIND OF OPERATION - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
          KIND OF CROP - OTHER                                     TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
          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                             TERRAIN-TYPE -ROLLING
          ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET -  2700
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9252D](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9252D-1981-10-15), registration cancelled 1981-10-15, S/N 18-6543 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18A
- Registry model: [Piper PA-18-A150RESTD](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-a150restd) (registry code 7101800) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport:                 Z

## Other investigations on N9252D (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 DEN81FTG11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN81FTG11), Jun 6, 1981: Piper PA-18A (N9252D), Sterling, ND, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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