# NTSB UNK64X2735: Piper PA18, N3765P, Briggsdale, CO, July 9, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: July 9, 1964
- Place: Briggsdale, CO · BRIGGSDALE, CO
- Location: 40.6360° N, 104.3243° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Briggsdale, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6360&lon=-104.3243&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 12, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 183005
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X2735
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X2735

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2006   64/7/9    BRIGGSDALE COLO     PIPER PA18          CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 28, 500
        TIME - 0415                    N3765P              PX-  0  0  0  AERIAL APPLICATION        TOTAL HOURS, 200 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: CROP                                      IN FLIGHT: FLAREOUT FOR SWATH RUN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED AND ALTITUDE
         SPECIAL DATA
          TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL -  100                       KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS
          KIND OF CROP - GRAIN FIELDS                              TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC
          PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY                    CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE-NOT USED
          COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED                         CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED
          TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - BELLY                             ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET -  5100
          SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - UPWIND
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3765P](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3765P-1965-10-20), registration cancelled 1965-10-20, S/N 18-4635, built 1955 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18
- Registry model: [Piper PA-18-150](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (registry code 7101828) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage

## Other investigations on N3765P (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 DEN66A0001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN66A0001), Jul 1, 1965: Piper PA-18 (N3765P), Buckingham, CO, 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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