- Date
- August 7, 1980
- Place
- Sidney, MT · SIDNEY, MT
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7375ZPiper PA-25
- Status
- Completed · report October 2, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800807034769A
- Case key
- 129592
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1977 80/8/7 SIDNEY,MT PIPER PA-25 CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS STUDENT, AGE 32, 35 TOTAL TIME - 1956 N7375Z PX- 0 0 0 UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED HOURS, 0 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SIDNEY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SIDNEY,MT UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT MISCELLANEOUS - UNQUALIFIED PERSON OPERATED AIRCRAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - STOLEN OR UNAUTH= REMARKS- 1ST FLT IN PIPER PA-25,NO STUDENT ENDORSEMENT.UNAUTHORIZED FLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7375Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sidney
N7375ZRegistration cancelled May 7, 2013 · Piper PA-25-235Airframe modelPiper PA-25-235Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N7375Z · 2
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