- Date
- July 25, 1966
- Place
- Neihart, MT · NEIHART, MT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7699YPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report January 26, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121900
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3481 66/7/25 NR.NEIHART MONT PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, 1343 TIME - 1400 N7699Y PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 395 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE 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 TEMPERATURE-F NONE 80 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 225 20 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- STEEP APPROACH INTO UNIMPROVED STRIP. STEEP APPROACH INOO UNIMPROVED STRIP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7699Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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Other investigations on N7699Y · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB LAX83LA376Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportFlagstaff, AZThe plt reported that during a pleasure flt, when he was flying over rising terrain north of Flagstaff, AZ, he realized a need for more altitude. He turned toward a downhill direction, but the acft crashed into the tree tops when he was unable to maintain…NTSB SEA68D0291Accident · Minor injuriesClosedGreat Falls, MTNTSB SEA66D0142Accident · Minor injuriesClosedStanford, MT