# NTSB SEA68D0048: Piper PA-25, N7006Z, Dutton, MT, June 14, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: June 14, 1967
- Place: Dutton, MT · DUTTON, MT
- Location: 47.8475° N, 111.7143° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dutton, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.8475&lon=-111.7143&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 7, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 116360
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA68D0048
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA68D0048

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3209  67/6/14    DUTTON,MONT         PIPER PA-25         CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1500                    N7006Z              PX-  0  0  0  ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY   AGE 35, 5500 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            140 IN TYPE, NOT
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - STEPHENS RANCH
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           NOSE OVER/DOWN                                           TAKEOFF: ABORTED
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER
        REMARKS- WET AND MUDDY STRIP.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7006Z](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7006Z-1974-06-24), registration cancelled 1974-06-24, S/N 25-2758 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-25
- Registry model: [Piper PA-25](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25) (registry code 7102502) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Stephens Ranch

## Other investigations on N7006Z (1)

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.

- [NTSB SEA74DTI22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA74DTI22), May 3, 1974: Piper PA-25 (N7006Z), Power, MT, destroyed

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.

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