- Date
- December 26, 1980
- Place
- Saco, MT · SACO, MT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N83312Piper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report January 16, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801226076509A
- Case key
- 129070
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3151 80/12/26 NR.SACO,MT PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1130 N83312 PX- 0 0 1 HUNTING AGE 52, 20000 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 2500 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MALTA,MT SACO,MT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED REMARKS- HIT SNOW BANK DRG OFF ARPT LNDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N83312
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N83312Registered now · Piper PA-18-150Airframe modelPiper PA-18-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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