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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA11 · Babb, MT · August 28, 1983

Date
August 28, 1983 · 19:15 local
Place
Babb, MT
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
CFGNB
Reported as
Piper PA11
Reported engine
Continental C908F
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
200 total200 in this make and model30 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.

Crash occurred during emergency landing in pond. Pilot blames engine stoppage on fuel contamination.

As the FAA filed it

CRASH OCCURRED DURING EMERGENCY LANDING IN POND. PILOT BLAMES ENGINE STOPPAGE ON FUEL CONTAMINATION.