- Date
- May 3, 1971
- Place
- Meeteetse, WY · MEETEETSE, WY
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3285ZPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report October 14, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161256
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0125 71/5/3 MEETEETSE,WYO PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 3500 TIME - 1130 N3285Z PX- 0 0 1 POWER/PIPELINE TOTAL HOURS, 226 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GREYBULL,WYO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN REMARKS- TKOF FROM BULLDOZER TRAIL ROAD HIT WASHOUT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3285Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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