- Date
- May 18, 1975
- Place
- Nashua, MT · NASHUA, MT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4752MPiper PA-11
- Status
- Completed · report August 11, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750518012609A
- Case key
- 149200
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1856 75/5/18 NASHUA,MT PIPER PA-11 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 97 TOTAL TIME - 1800 N4752M PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 58 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ADKINS RANCH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: AIRPORT HAZARD TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: HIDDEN HAZARD WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 4000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE TAIL WIND 158-202 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 69 290 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 24 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- ABORTED DRG DOWNWIND TKOF. GUSTING TO 24K. HIT HOLE IN RWY. PLTS OWN STRIP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4752M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-11
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Adkins Ranch
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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.