- Date
- February 22, 1967
- Place
- Butte, MT · BUTTE, MT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7686DPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report August 9, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 118374
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0570 67/2/22 BUTTE,MONT PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 750 TIME - 1030 N7686D PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SILVER BOW COUNTY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS REMARKS- PLT WAS SIMULATING SWATH RUN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7686D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Silver Bow County
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