- Date
- April 29, 1969
- Place
- Plains, MT · PLAINS, MT
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7311PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report July 15, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 183900
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1417 69/4/29 PLAINS,MONT PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 34, 626 TIME - 1510 N7311P PX- 1 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 34 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PLAINS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 4000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 35 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 270 20 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- L QUARTERING X-WIND 20K GUSTING TO 25K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7311P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Plains
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