# Accident 19770829025679A: Piper PA18150, Wyola, MT, August 29, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 29, 1977
- Place: Wyola, MT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 45.1153° N, 107.3738° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wyola, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.1153&lon=-107.3738&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3989P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3989P-2012-09-27) (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: 4,500 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA77FTA29](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA77FTA29) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770829025679A

## Narrative

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

WIND VARIABLE AND GUSTING.APCH FOR LDG IN PASTURE.

## 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 SEA77FTA29](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA77FTA29), Aug 29, 1977: Piper PA-18 (N3989P), Wyola, MT, destroyed

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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