- Date
- January 30, 1984, 13:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Billings, MT
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6741HPiper J3C-65
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840130001879A
- Case key
- 16327
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt stated that during takeoff a gust of wind blew the acft to the right and he decided to abort the takeoff. Duringthe abort the acft departed the rwy, went down a bank and came to rest upside down.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6741H
- Reported as
- Piper J3C-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 19952
- Airframe hours
- 2,982
- Engine
- Continental C-65, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Thomas Adams, Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 19, 1984 · 1 hours before
- Destination
- BTM · Butte, MT
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- BIL · Billings Logan, runway 27R, 10,500 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 17
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 137 total · 115 in this make and model · 69 as pilot in command · 23 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 41 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BIL
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 N6741H · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.