- Date
- March 2, 1976
- Place
- Big Timber, MT · BIG TIMBER, MT
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N3474ZPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report May 18, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760302003899A
- Case key
- 152942
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0778 76/3/2 NR.BIG TIMBER,MT PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 26, 1390 TIME - 1645 N3474Z PX- 0 1 0 AERIAL SURVEY TOTAL HOURS, 80 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BIG TIMBER,MT LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WHITEOUT FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT REMARKS- PAX STATED THERE WAS NO VISIBLE HORIZON. GAME COUNT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3474Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N3474ZRegistration cancelled Apr 17, 2012 · Piper PA-18-150Airframe modelPiper PA-18-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N3474Z · 1
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