# NTSB UNK64X2483: Piper PA18A, N4870A, Jamestown, ND, June 25, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: June 25, 1964
- Place: Jamestown, ND · JAMESTOWN, ND
- Location: 46.9059° N, 98.6936° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jamestown, ND, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.9059&lon=-98.6936&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report February 4, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 183510
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X2483
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X2483

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0217  64/6/25    JAMESTOWN ND        PIPER PA18A         CR-  1  0  0  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 47, 6754
        TIME - 1100                    N4870A              PX-  0  0  0  AERIAL APPLICATION        TOTAL HOURS, 800 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED                  IN FLIGHT: SWATH RUN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE
         SPECIAL DATA
          TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 2223                       KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS
          KIND OF CROP - GRAIN FIELDS                              TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
          PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY                    GLOVES - NOT USED
          GOGGLES - NOT USED                                       CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED
          TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - BELLY                             ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET -  1700
          SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - DOWNWIND                           PROCEDURE TURNAROUND - SECOND 1/3 TURN
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4870A](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4870A-1964-07-30), registration cancelled 1964-07-30, S/N 18-4966 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18A
- Registry model: [Piper PA-18A](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18a) (registry code 7101804) (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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