- Date
- February 24, 1985, 17:00 local (Feb 25, 1985, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Polson, MT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N8676CPiper PA-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850224007949A
- Case key
- 16641
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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
The plt stated a 35 kt gust of wind from the north lifted the tail of the acft to the left. The acft veered right, contacted a snow bank and nosed over. The plt was taxiing on rwy 18 after landing when the accident occurred.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8676C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-2821
- Airframe hours
- 4,448
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Stene Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 1, 1984 · 75 hours before
- Airport
- 8S1 · Polson, runway 18, 4,200 × 60 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
- 50
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 562 total · 6 in this make and model · 98 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 25 knots, gusting 35
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.