19781028032519A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-18-150 · Denton, MT · October 28, 1978

Date
October 28, 1978
Place
Denton, MT
Phase of flight
In Traffic Pattern-Circling
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N4053Z
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA79FTA03
Reported as
Piper PA18150
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
950 total686 in this make and model104 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Hit own wake turb while checking cattle.

As the FAA filed it

HIT OWN WAKE TURB WHILE CHECKING CATTLE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.