# NTSB DEN71DXA23: Piper PA-18, N3285Z, Meeteetse, WY, May 3, 1971

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Closed
- Date: May 3, 1971
- Place: Meeteetse, WY · MEETEETSE, WY
- Location: 44.1491° N, 108.8628° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Meeteetse, WY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.1491&lon=-108.8628&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 14, 1971
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 161256
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN71DXA23
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN71DXA23

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3285Z-1990-05-23), registration cancelled 1990-05-23, S/N 187207 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-18
- Registry model: [Piper PA-18A 150](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18a-150) (registry code 7101837) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage

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.

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