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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-18-135 · Polson, MT · February 24, 1985

Date
February 24, 1985 · 17:00 local
Place
Polson, MT
Airport
Polson
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N8676C
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN85LA085
Reported as
Piper PA18135
Reported engine
Lycoming O320*
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
562 total6 in this make and model98 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.

Wind shifted and picked up tail of taxiing aircraft, veered off to one side into snowbank. Aircraft nosed over.

As the FAA filed it

WIND SHIFTED AND PICKED UP TAIL OF TAXIING AIRCRAFT, VEERED OFF TO ONE SIDE INTO SNOWBANK. AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER.

NTSB investigation

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