# NTSB SEA67D0139: Stearman PT-17, N51132, Big Horn, MT, August 12, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: August 12, 1966
- Place: Big Horn, MT · BIG HORN, MT
- Location: 46.1617° N, 107.4487° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bighorn, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.1617&lon=-107.4487&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 14, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 121315
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA67D0139
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA67D0139

## NTSB brief

```
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3873  66/8/12    BIG HORN MONT       STEARMAN PT-17      CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 35, 4000
        TIME - 0700                    N51132              PX-  0  0  0  ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY   TOTAL HOURS, 450 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - WOLF RANCH
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
           NOSE OVER/DOWN                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND
         SPECIAL DATA
          TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 1400                       KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS
          KIND OF CROP - OTHER                                     PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY
          GLOVES - USED                                            GOGGLES - USED
          CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED                            COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED
          CRASH BAR - INSTALLED                                    TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT
          TERRAIN-TYPE -ROLLING
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N51132](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N51132-1981-06-12), registration cancelled 1981-06-12, S/N 752248 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: STEARMAN PT-17
- Registry model: [Boeing PT-17](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-pt-17) (registry code 1380136) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Wolf Ranch

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.