- Date
- March 23, 1968
- Place
- Dell, MT · DELL, MT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5987ZPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report October 8, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110547
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2545 68/3/23 DELL,MONT PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 915 TIME - 0730 N5987Z PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 146 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BRIGGS RANCH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: WHEELS,TIRES,AXLES REMARKS- BRAKE MASTER CYL LOW ON HYD FLUID. ACFT HAD OVERSIZE TIRES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5987Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Briggs Ranch
N5987ZRegistration cancelled Apr 25, 2013 · Piper PA-18-150Airframe modelPiper PA-18-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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Other investigations on N5987Z · 1
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