- Date
- February 8, 1968
- Place
- Buffalo, WY · BUFFALO, WY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1668PPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report March 25, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111729
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0259 68/2/8 BUFFALO,WYO PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 200 TIME - 1630 N1668P PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 50 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED REMARKS- RAN INTO CRUSTY SNOW,LNDG IN MEADOW.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1668P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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