- Date
- November 8, 1965
- Place
- Helena, MT · HELENA, MT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3301TDehaviland DH-82A
- Status
- Completed · report February 7, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 174240
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3686 65/11/8 NR.HELENA MONT DEHAVILAND DH-82A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1000 N3301T PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS AGE 38, 13500 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ICE-CARBURETOR PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO CARB./INDUCTION SYSTEM ICING PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 400 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 27 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS CALM VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- ANTIQUE AIRCRAFT.ENGINE CARBURETOR HEAT NOT ADEQUATE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3301T
- Reported as
- Dehaviland DH-82A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N3301TRegistration cancelled Apr 6, 1988 · Dehavilland TIGER MOTH DH 82AAirframe modelDehavilland TIGER MOTH DH 82A
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.
Other investigations on N3301T · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.