45.8839° N, 110.6058° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Clyde Park, MT, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
May 29, 1981 · 09:10 local
Place
Clyde Park, MT
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N39852
Reported as
Piper PA18
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,942 total657 in this make and model100 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.
Farmer had plowed landing area to a 15 foot wide landing strip. Pilot got wheel in soft dirt and overturned.
As the FAA filed it
FARMER HAD PLOWED LANDING AREA TO A 15 FOOT WIDE LANDING STRIP. PILOT GOT WHEEL IN SOFT DIRT AND OVERTURNED.