- Date
- May 22, 1965
- Place
- Geyser, MT · GEYSER, MT
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7080YPiper PA30
- Status
- Completed · report September 7, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178147
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0375 65/5/22 NR.GEYSER MONT PIPER PA30 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 451 TIME - 1415 N7080Y PX- 1 0 2 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 72 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7080Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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