- Date
- April 9, 1974
- Place
- Melstone, MT · MELSTONE, MT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N648APiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report May 16, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740409007129A
- Case key
- 186366
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0794 74/4/9 NR.MELSTONE,MONT PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 19, 33 TOTAL TIME - 1100 N648A PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BENSON RANCH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MELSTONE,MONT LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT QUARTERING TAIL WIND 203-247 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 45 180 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 20 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- HIT GRAIN ELEVATOR- GUSTING TO 25K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N648A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Benson Ranch
N648ARegistration cancelled Apr 22, 2013 · Piper PA-22Airframe modelPiper PA-22Engine modelLycoming 0-290 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.