# Accident 19740806024609A: Piper PA18150, Big Fork, MT, August 6, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 6, 1974
- Place: Big Fork, MT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 48.0633° N, 114.0726° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bigfork, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.0633&lon=-114.0726&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3920Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3920Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-150 (registry code 7101828, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18150
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 37 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA75 TI05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA75%20TI05) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740806024609A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ROUGH ENG,LND IN FLD. WG HIT POLE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (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 SEA75 TI05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA75%20TI05), Aug 6, 1974: Piper PA-18 (N3920Z), Big Fork, MT, substantial damage

## Other reports on N3920Z (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20090321003229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090321003229A), Mar 21, 2009: Piper PA18150 (N3920Z), Jackson, WY, Substantial damage. (-23) During roll out after landing in gusty winds pilot lost control of aircraft resulting in a ground loop. The lateral loads induced by the ground loop…
- [Incident 19950927035739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950927035739I), Sep 27, 1995: Piper PA18150 (N3920Z), Missoula, MT, Minor damage. Narrative: on September 27, 1995, at 1700 mt, a Piper PA18 owned and operated by derek craighead experienced a ground loop during the landing phase of…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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