# NTSB UNK64X3080: Piper J3C-65, N41487, Springfield, TN, July 27, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: July 27, 1964
- Place: Springfield, TN · SPRINGFIELD, TN
- Location: 36.4952° N, 86.8725° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Springfield, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.4952&lon=-86.8725&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report August 12, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 182745
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X3080
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X3080

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-1015  64/7/27    SPRINGFIELD TENN    PIPER J3C-65        CR-  1  0  0  COMMERCIAL                STUDENT, AGE 21, 39 TOTAL
        TIME - 1130                    N41487              PX-  0  0  0  AERIAL APPLICATION        HOURS, 15 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES                               IN FLIGHT: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS
           PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
        FACTOR(S)
           INSTRUMENTS/EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES - MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT: SPRAY,DUSTING EQUIPMENT
         SPECIAL DATA
          TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED       KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS
          KIND OF CROP - TOBACCO                                   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 - NOT INSTALLED                         CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED
          TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - AFT OF PILOT                      TERRAIN-TYPE -HILLY
          ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET -  700                               DENSE WITH TREES
          SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - DOWNWIND
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N41487](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N41487-1964-09-09), registration cancelled 1964-09-09, S/N 8130 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER J3C-65
- Registry model: [Piper J3C-65](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j3c-65) (registry code 7100510) (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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