- Date
- April 28, 1975
- Place
- Deer Lodge, MT · DEER LODGE, MT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N76295Cessna 140
- Status
- Completed · report October 22, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750428009729A
- Case key
- 149153
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2601 75/4/28 NR.DEER LODGE,MT CESSNA 140 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0915 N76295 PX- 0 0 0 FERRY 58, 18276 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 2000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WENATCHE,WA GREYBULL,WY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED REMARKS- TKOF FRM ROAD AFTR PRCTNRY LDG.RAN INTO 8-10IN OF WET SNOW.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N76295
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- 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.