- Date
- May 18, 1968
- Place
- Wolf Point, MT · WOLF POINT, MT
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N78741Piper PA-11
- Status
- Completed · report August 6, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110332
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1789 68/5/18 WOLF POINT,MONT PIPER PA-11 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 172 TIME - 1600 N78741 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 155 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN REMARKS- LEFT WING HIT WOODPILE WHEN PLT SWERVED TO AVOID TRUCK BODY. WHEAT STUBBLE FLD,MARGINAL LENGTH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N78741
- Reported as
- Piper PA-11
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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