# Accident 20180419003849A: Piper PA-22, Shelby, MT, April 19, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 19, 2018, 09:07 local time
- Place: Shelby, MT
- Airport: Shelby
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.5408° N, 111.8711° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.5408&lon=-111.8711&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1283C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1283C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22 (registry code 7102202, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-22
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-290 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 5 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA18CA220](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA220) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180419003849A

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 19, 2018, AT 0907 MST, A PIPER PA-22, N1283C, REGISTERED TO AN INDIVIDUAL, CONTACTED THE GROUND WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT SHELBY AIRPORT,

SHELBY, MONTANA, WHILE ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL

CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE

AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED, AND THE PRIVATE PILOT RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT SHELBY, MONTANA, ON APRIL 19, 2018, AT 0800 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 GAA18CA220](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA220), Apr 19, 2018: Piper PA 22 (N1283C), Shelby, MT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper use of the fuel selector, which resulted in fuel starvation to the engine and an off-runway landing.

## Other reports on N1283C (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19941022035829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941022035829A), Oct 22, 1994: Piper PA22 (N1283C), Galeville, NY, Destroyed. Pilot was doing aerobics and lost rudder control and bailed out, aircraft crashed near the closed wwii airport.

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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