# NTSB SEA71AS023: Piper PA-14, N4266H, Carlyle, MT, October 30, 1970

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: October 30, 1970
- Place: Carlyle, MT · CARLYLE, MT
- Location: 46.6550° N, 104.0760° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Carlyle, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.6550&lon=-104.0760&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report April 16, 1971
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 178243
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA71AS023
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA71AS023

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2747  70/10/30   CARLYLE,MONT        PIPER PA-14         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 56, 2500
        TIME - 1039                    N4266H              PX-  1  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 1500 IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          BISMARCK,N DAK              MOORE,MONT
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION
           WEATHER - SNOW
        WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO
        WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT
        MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED                                     UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED                                     SNOW SHOWERS
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS
          BLOWING SNOW                                             UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          NONE
        REMARKS- FOG,LOW CLOUDS,BLOWING SNOW IN VCNTY.HIT GND STEEP NOSE DWN ATTITUDE.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4266H](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4266H-2017-03-15), registration cancelled 2017-03-15, S/N 14-70 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-14
- Registry model: [Piper PA-14](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-14) (registry code 7101402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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