# NTSB UNK64X2558: Piper PA18, N3396B, Vivian, SD, June 29, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: June 29, 1964
- Place: Vivian, SD · VIVIAN, SD
- Location: 43.9273° N, 100.3011° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Vivian, SD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.9273&lon=-100.3011&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 183514
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X2558
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X2558

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0221  64/6/29    VIVIAN SD           PIPER PA18          CR-  1  0  0  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 2180
        TIME - 0600                    N3396B              PX-  0  0  0  AERIAL APPLICATION        TOTAL HOURS, 1417 IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: EN ROUTE TO TREAT CROP
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
         SPECIAL DATA
          TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 1395                       KIND OF OPERATION - DEFOLIATION (LIQUID)
          KIND OF CROP - GRAIN FIELDS                              TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID 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 - BELLY                             ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET -  1700
          SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - WIND CALM                          PROCEDURE TURNAROUND - ENTRY TO PROCEDURE TURN
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3396B](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3396B-1964-08-11), registration cancelled 1964-08-11, S/N 18-3383 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18
- Registry model: [Piper PA-18-135](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-135) (registry code 7101820) (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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