- Date
- August 10, 1969
- Place
- Rapelje, MT · RAPELJE, MT
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3455ZPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report March 25, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161398
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3388 69/8/10 RAPELJE,MONT PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 744 TIME - 2045 N3455Z PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 194 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MELVILLE,MONT RAPELJE,MONT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN REMARKS- HIT FENCE POST BESIDE COUNTY ROAD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3455Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N3455ZRegistration cancelled Oct 18, 2019 · Piper PA-22-160Airframe modelPiper PA-22-160Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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