- Date
- July 15, 1966
- Place
- Butte, MT · BUTTE, MT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7392WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report December 8, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121717
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2926 66/7/15 BUTTE MONT PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 25, 21 TOTAL TIME - 1250 N7392W PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, 9 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SILVER BOW COUNTY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - SUDDEN WINDSHIFT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 293-337 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 89 180 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 29 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- CROSSWIND GUSTY TO 29 KNOTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7392W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Silver Bow County
N7392WRegistration cancelled Aug 28, 2013 · Piper PA-28-180Airframe modelPiper PA-28-180Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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