- Date
- July 5, 1974
- Place
- Malta, MT · MALTA, MT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N2625APiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report August 21, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740705019269A
- Case key
- 173377
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1976 74/7/5 MALTA,MONT PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 300 TIME - 2000 N2625A PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 46 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED MALTA,MONT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT 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 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 45 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 35 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- GUSTING TO 45K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2625A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ranch House
N2625ARegistered now · Piper PA-18A-135Airframe modelPiper PA-18A-135Engine 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.