19811227081569A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA24260 · Rock Springs, MT · December 27, 1981

Date
December 27, 1981 · 07:15 local
Place
Rock Springs, MT
Airport
Private
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N9376P
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN82FTA08
Reported as
Piper PA24260
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540N1A5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
15,730 total1,502 in this make and model40 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.

Departed into low ceiling and fog. Lost control on climb. Hit ground. Flipped over. Unskilled on instruments.

As the FAA filed it

DEPARTED INTO LOW CEILING AND FOG. LOST CONTROL ON CLIMB. HIT GROUND. FLIPPED OVER. UNSKILLED ON INSTRUMENTS.

NTSB investigation

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