# NTSB UNK64X3776: Champion 7GCB, N9891Y, Clarendon, AR, September 4, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: September 4, 1964
- Place: Clarendon, AR · CLARENDON, AR
- Location: 34.6930° N, 91.3063° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Clarendon, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6930&lon=-91.3063&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report December 24, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 182662
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X3776
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X3776

## NTSB brief

```
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0647   64/9/4  NR.CLARENDON ARK      CHAMPION 7GCB       CR-  1  0  0  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 0600                    N9891Y              PX-  0  0  0  AERIAL APPLICATION        AGE 27, 747 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            126 IN TYPE, NOT
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL                                                    IN FLIGHT: PULLUP FROM SWATH RUN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT FATIGUE
         SPECIAL DATA
          TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL -  111                       KIND OF OPERATION - DUSTING CROPS
          KIND OF CROP - BEANS                                     TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - DRY CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC
          PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY                    GLOVES - NOT USED
          GOGGLES - NOT USED                                       CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED
          COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED                             CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED
          TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - AFT OF PILOT                      ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET -  170
          SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - WIND CALM
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9891Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9891Y-1964-09-30), registration cancelled 1964-09-30, S/N 7GCB-91 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CHAMPION 7GCB
- Registry model: [Champion AERONCA 7GCB](https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-aeronca-7gcb) (registry code 2110168) (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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