- Date
- January 3, 1982, 16:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Greenough, MT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N23069Air Tractor AT-301
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 3, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820103000069A
- Case key
- 70902
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
During takeoff the aircraft struck a snow berm. The aircraft received substantial damage to both wings and prop. The aircraft had been landed on a county road about a week earlier due to deteriorating weather.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N23069
- Reported as
- Air Tractor AT-301
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 301-0350
- Airframe hours
- 172
- Engine
- P&W R-1340, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Operator
- Minuteman Aer. App Inc
- Registered owner
- Minuteman Aer. App Inc
- Departed
- Greenough, MT
- Destination
- Missoula, MT
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 47
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 14,700 total · 50 in this make and model · 14,390 as pilot in command · 32 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N23069 · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.