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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-18-150 · Butte, MT · January 6, 2025

Date
January 6, 2025 · 11:30 local
Place
Butte, MT
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Departure Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N4644Y
NTSB investigation
NTSBWPR25LA074
Reported as
Piper PA-18-150
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
3,200 total1,233 in this make and model37 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.

Aircraft overturned while attempting to take off from an unimproved runway after an off airport landing the day before due to suspected carburetor ice.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT OVERTURNED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO TAKE OFF FROM AN UNIMPROVED RUNWAY AFTER AN OFF AIRPORT LANDING THE DAY BEFORE DUE TO SUSPECTED CARBURETOR ICE.

NTSB investigation

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