# NTSB UNK64X2762: Piper PA25, N6502Z, Mercedes, TX, July 11, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: July 11, 1964
- Place: Mercedes, TX · MERCEDES, TX
- Location: 26.1538° N, 97.9129° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mercedes, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1538&lon=-97.9129&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 13, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 184719
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X2762
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X2762

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2025  64/7/11    MERCEDES TEX        PIPER PA25          CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1250                    N6502Z              PX-  0  0  0  AERIAL APPLICATION        AGE 32, 2248 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            165 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: CROP                                      IN FLIGHT: SWATH RUN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE
           PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT
         SPECIAL DATA
          TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL -  165                       KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS
          KIND OF CROP - COTTON                                    TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC
          PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY                    GLOVES - NOT USED
          GOGGLES - NOT USED                                       CRASH HELMET - NOT AVAILABLE
          COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED                             CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED
          TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT                  ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET -  50
          SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - CROSSWIND
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6502Z](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6502Z-1973-05-16), registration cancelled 1973-05-16, S/N 25-2025 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25
- Registry model: [Piper PA-25-235](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25-235) (registry code 7102504) (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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