# Accident 19751017035989A: Piper PA11, Turner, MT, October 17, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 17, 1975
- Place: Turner, MT
- Airport: Fouts Ranch Strip
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 48.8469° N, 108.4005° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Turner, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.8469&lon=-108.4005&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4575M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4575M-1975-12-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-11 (registry code 7101102, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA11
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 718 total, 373 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA76AS022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA76AS022) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19751017035989A

## Narrative

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

LOW ALT SEARCH,CIRCLING NR MISSING CHILD.PLT BLOOD ALCOHOL 316MG .

## 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 SEA76AS022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA76AS022), Oct 17, 1975: Piper PA-11 (N4575M), Turner, MT, destroyed, 3 fatal

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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