- Date
- February 2, 1975
- Place
- Milbank, SD · MILBANK, SD
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6980DPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report March 4, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750202001739A
- Case key
- 147418
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0174 75/2/2 MILBANK,SD PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 973 TIME - 1430 N6980D PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 800 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MILBANK MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MILBANK,SD LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN TERRAIN - HIDDEN OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED REMARKS- ROCKS CVRD BY SNOW.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6980D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Milbank Muni
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N6980D · 2
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