- Date
- October 28, 1973
- Place
- Martinsdale, MT · MARTINSDALE, MT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4563ZPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731028033319A
- Case key
- 188264
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3248 73/10/28 MARTINSDALE,MONT PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, 349 TIME - 0930 N4563Z PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 77 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MARTINSDALE,MONT BILLINGS,MONT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: RUN NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- TKOF FM HAY FLD AT CAMERON RANCH.OVRHD WIRES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4563Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.