# Accident 19760302003899A: Piper PA18150, Big Timber, MT, March 2, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 2, 1976
- Place: Big Timber, MT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 45.8348° N, 109.9483° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Big Timber, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8348&lon=-109.9483&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3474Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3474Z-2012-04-17) (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: 1,390 total, 80 in this make and model, 77 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA76ATI15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA76ATI15) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760302003899A

## Narrative

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

PAX STATED THERE WAS NO VISIBLE HORIZON. GAME COUNT.

## 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 SEA76ATI15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA76ATI15), Mar 2, 1976: Piper PA-18 (N3474Z), Big Timber, MT, substantial damage

## Other reports on N3474Z (1)

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

- [Accident 19910609025829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910609025829A), Jun 9, 1991: Piper PA18150 (N3474Z), Corvallis, OR, Destroyed. Flew too low in rising terrain. Was unable to outclimb terrain. Struck trees on mountainside. Aircraft burned.

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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