- Date
- February 6, 1965
- Place
- Decker, MT · DECKER, MT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5570HPiper PA-11
- Status
- Completed · report April 2, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 180199
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0331 65/2/6 DECKER MONT PIPER PA-11 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 64, 1012 TIME - 1145 N5570H PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 925 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5570H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-11
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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Other investigations on N5570H · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB DEN89LA049Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportWinnett, MTThe pilot was taking off from a farm strip with a 10 kt head wind. The plt said the sun was shining at the time of the acdt but there had been snow showers in the area. He said the liftoff was normal but at about 15 to 18 ft AGL the acft stalled and crashed.…NTSB DEN68D0047Accident · No injuriesClosedSheridan, WY