- Date
- June 11, 1967
- Place
- Lincoln, MT · LINCOLN, MT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3981ZPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report September 21, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 116627
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1867 67/6/11 LINCOLN, MONT PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 312 TIME - 1645 N3981Z PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 5 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LINCOLN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3981Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lincoln
N3981ZRegistered now · Piper PA-18-150Airframe modelPiper PA-18-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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Other investigations on N3981Z · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB MIA98LA226Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportConway, SCThe total failure of the left wing forward and aft attachment fitting due to corrosion and fatigue during a banner tow pick-up resulting in a subsequent in-flight collision with terrain.NTSB DEN81DTI03Accident · No injuriesClosedCascade, MT