19861215067869A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-12 · Opheim, MT · December 15, 1986

Date
December 15, 1986 · 12:00 local
Place
Opheim, MT
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N78588
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN87LA030
Reported as
Piper PA12
Reported engine
Lycoming O320E2D
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,150 total200 in this make and model70 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.

The aircraft flipped over when it hit a snowbank during liftoff from a snow covered cornfield. Downwind takeoff.

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER WHEN IT HIT A SNOWBANK DURING LIFTOFF FROM A SNOW COVERED CORNFIELD. DOWNWIND TAKEOFF.

NTSB investigation

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