# Incident 19790721021069I: Piper PA12, Sand Coulee, MT, July 21, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 21, 1979, 09:20 local time
- Place: Sand Coulee, MT
- Airport: Ranch
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.4024° N, 111.1726° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sand Coulee, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4024&lon=-111.1726&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3760M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3760M-2019-09-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-12 (registry code 7101202, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA12
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,475 total, 6 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790721021069I

## Narrative

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

PILOT INTENTIONALLY GROUND LOOPED AIRPLANE AFTER NOT ATTAINING ROTATION SPEED ON GRASS STRIP.

## Other reports on N3760M (1)

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

- [Incident 19810625036349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810625036349I), Jun 25, 1981: Piper PA12 (N3760M), Great Falls, MT, Minor damage. Zd student pilot ground looped during landing. Pilot stated wind was calm and she was not use to calm wind.

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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