- Date
- July 16, 1970
- Place
- Helena, MT · HELENA, MT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1279PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report May 19, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108954
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3036 70/7/16 HELENA,MONT PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 48, 1200 TIME - 1445 N1279P PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 100 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HELENA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HELENA,MONT SEATTLE,WASH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 16000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE HEAD WIND 338-022 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 91 60 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 12 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- PLT USED 15 DEG FLAPS,DID NOT USE FULL THROTTLE. DENSITY ALT ABOUT 6300 FT. SETTLED WITH GR UP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1279P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Helena
N1279PRegistration cancelled Oct 11, 2012 · Piper PA-23Airframe modelPiper PA-23Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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