# NTSB SEA73DTA04: Piper PA-18, N4050Z, Outlook, MT, December 31, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: December 31, 1972
- Place: Outlook, MT · OUTLOOK, MT
- Location: 48.8888° N, 104.7849° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Outlook, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.8888&lon=-104.7849&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 30, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 169291
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA73DTA04
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA73DTA04

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3879  72/12/31   OUTLOOK,MONT        PIPER PA-18         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 44, 780
        TIME - 1300                    N4050Z              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 766 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - HASS FARM AIRSTRP
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          OUTLOOK,MONT                LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT                                    TAKEOFF: RUN
           NOSE OVER/DOWN                                           TAKEOFF: RUN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN
           TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED
        REMARKS- ACFT WHEELS ENTERED DEEP SNOW.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4050Z](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4050Z), registered now, S/N 18-8052, built 1964 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-18
- Registry model: [Piper PA-18-150](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (registry code 7101828) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming O-360-C4P](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-c4p) (registry code 42289, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Hass Farm Airstrp

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

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