19910112002279A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-18 · Wolf Point, MT · January 12, 1991

Date
January 12, 1991 · 15:00 local
Place
Wolf Point, MT
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N2787P
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA91LA043
Reported as
Piper PA18
Reported engine
Continental C9012F
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,030 total300 in this make and model3 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 ski equipped aircraft on a snow covered farm field. On takeoff struck a snow drift and nosed over.

As the FAA filed it

LANDED SKI EQUIPPED AIRCRAFT ON A SNOW COVERED FARM FIELD.ON TAKEOFF STRUCK A SNOW DRIFT AND 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.