- Date
- December 26, 1965
- Place
- Billings, MT · BILLINGS, MT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3684ZPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report March 8, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 174338
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3831 65/12/26 NR.BILLINGS MONT PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 7330 TIME - 0900 N3684Z PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 2000 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ICE-CARBURETOR MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ANTI-ICING/DEICING EQUIPMENT-IMPROPER OPERATION OF/OR FAILED TO USE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- SKI-EQUIPPED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3684Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N3684ZRegistered now · Piper PA-18-150Airframe modelPiper PA-18-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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Other investigations on N3684Z · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ANC98LA077Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportAnchorage, AKThe pilot's failure to correct engine/propeller torque and P factor, and the subsequent loss of directional control during the takeoff roll. Factors associated with the accident are the narrow, confined, takeoff area, and bordering high vegetation.NTSB ANC85LA106Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportKing Salmon, AKThe plt stated that he was making an apch to the arpt when the acft ran out of fuel. Subsequently, the acft crash landed about 1-1/2 mi nw of the arpt.NTSB SEA67D0076Accident · No injuriesClosedBillings, MT