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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA18AS150 · Hilger, MT · May 28, 1983

Date
May 28, 1983 · 19:45 local
Place
Hilger, MT
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N3380Z
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN83LA127
Reported as
Piper PA18AS150
Reported engine
Lycoming O320A2A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
850 total850 in this make and model106 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.

Aircraft crashed during spraying operation when it entered wake turbulence from preceding aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT CRASHED DURING SPRAYING OPERATION WHEN IT ENTERED WAKE TURBULENCE FROM PRECEDING AIRCRAFT.

NTSB investigation

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