- Date
- February 3, 1968
- Place
- Elk River, ID · ELK RIVER, ID
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2505MPiper PA-12
- Status
- Completed · report October 9, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111544
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2572 68/2/3 ELK RIVER,ID PIPER PA-12 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 27, 350 TIME - 1600 N2505M PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 275 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BIG ISLAND TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RUNWAY REMARKS- WHEEL EQUIPPED.LANDED IN DEEP SNOW.PRIVATE ARPT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2505M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Big Island
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Other investigations on N2505M · 2
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