- Date
- June 25, 1966
- Place
- Joliet, MT · JOLIET, MT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2412PPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 122254
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3465 66/6/25 JOLIET MONT PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 38, 1100 TIME - 1600 N2412P PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 800 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: HIGH VEGETATION FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PILOT ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF FROM NARROW FARM STRIP BORDERED BY HAY 18 INCHES HIGH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2412P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N2412PRegistration cancelled Oct 25, 2019 · Piper PA-18-150Airframe modelPiper PA-18-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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