- Date
- October 17, 1975
- Place
- Turner, MT · TURNER, MT
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4575MPiper PA-11
- Status
- Completed · report November 12, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19751017035989A
- Case key
- 151265
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3024 75/10/17 NR.TURNER,MT PIPER PA-11 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 717 TIME - 1550 N4575M PX- 2 0 0 SEARCH AND RESCUE TOTAL HOURS, 373 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FOUTS RANCH STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TURNER,MT LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INCAPACITATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- LOW ALT SEARCH,CIRCLING NR MISSING CHILD.PLT BLOOD ALCOHOL 316MG%.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4575M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-11
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Fouts Ranch Strip
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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.