# Accident 20100705036149A: Piper PA-18-150, Dillon, MT, July 5, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 5, 2010, 13:00 local time
- Place: Dillon, MT
- Airport: Dillon Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: M9FM
- Location: 45.2553° N, 112.5525° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.2553&lon=-112.5525&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6110A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6110A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-150 (registry code 7101828, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-18-150
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 11,700 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR10TA335](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10TA335) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100705036149A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ON JULY 5, 2010, AT 1300 MST, A PIPER PA-18-150, REGISTERED TO THE STATE OF MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF FISH WILDLIFE AND PARKS (MFWP), GROUND LOOPED ON LANDING AT THE DILLON, MONTANA AIRPORT DURING A PUBLIC USE PART 91 FLIGHT WHILE PERFORMING AN ANTELOPE SURVEY.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE COMMERCIAL PILOT/CFI OR HIS MFWP BIOLOGIST PASSENGER.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE DILLON, MONTANA AIRPORT ON JULY 5, 2010, AT 0950 MST.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB WPR10TA335](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10TA335), Jul 5, 2010: Piper PA-18-150 (N6110A), Dillon, MT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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