# NTSB UNK64X2494: Piper PA11, N78678, Sherack, MN, June 26, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: June 26, 1964
- Place: Sherack, MN · SHERACK, MN
- Location: 48.0208° N, 96.7817° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sherack, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.0208&lon=-96.7817&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): 182861
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X2494
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X2494

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1819  64/6/26    SHERACK MINN        PIPER PA11          CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 19, 315
        TIME - 1130                    N78678              PX-  0  0  0  ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY   TOTAL HOURS, 13 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           NOSE OVER/DOWN                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN
           TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION
         SPECIAL DATA
          TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL -    6                       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
          COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED                         CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED
          TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED              ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET -  800
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N78678 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA11
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: 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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