- Date
- March 24, 1973
- Place
- Cut Bank, MT · CUT BANK, MT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3087ZPiper PA-18A
- Status
- Completed · report May 8, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730324006269A
- Case key
- 169805
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0594 73/3/24 NR.CUT BANK,MONT PIPER PA-18A CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 35, 15 TOTAL TIME - 0930 N3087Z PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JOHNSON RANCH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CUT BANK,MONT UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- PUSHED CTL STICK TOO FAR FWD. PROP HIT GRND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3087Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Johnson Ranch
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.