# NTSB UNK65X0808: Piper PA-18, N7373D, Chase City, VA, November 23, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: November 23, 1964
- Place: Chase City, VA · CHASE CITY, VA
- Location: 36.7998° N, 78.4610° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chase City, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7998&lon=-78.4610&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report February 25, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 180665
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK65X0808
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK65X0808

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0876  64/11/23   CHASE CITY VA       PIPER PA-18         CR-  1  0  0  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 750
        TIME - 1455                    N7373D              PX-  0  0  0  POWER/PIPELINE            TOTAL HOURS, 242 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: ELECTRONIC TOWERS                         IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7373D](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7373D), registered now, S/N 18-5738, built 1952 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-18
- Registry model: [Piper PA-18-150](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (registry code 7101828) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (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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