19880214022889A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper J3C-65 · Circle, MT · February 14, 1988

Date
February 14, 1988 · 15:30 local
Place
Circle, MT
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N55PA
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN88LA070
Reported as
Piper J3C65
Reported engine
Continental A658
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,037 total970 in this make and model54 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.

Landed in a snow covered field to pick up a dead coyote. Aircraft nosed over in the deep snow.

As the FAA filed it

LANDED IN A SNOW COVERED FIELD TO PICK UP A DEAD COYOTE. AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER IN THE DEEP SNOW.

NTSB investigation

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