- Date
- August 5, 1976
- Place
- Powderville, MT · POWDERVILLE, MT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5827WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report September 7, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760805023729A
- Case key
- 155543
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2212 76/8/5 POWDERVILLE,MT PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 185 TIME - 2030 N5827W PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 165 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION POWDERVILLE,MT EKALAKA,MT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: RUN GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- TKOF FM ROUGH FLD.NOSE GR DROPPED INTO A HOLE AND COLLAPSED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5827W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N5827WRegistration cancelled Mar 9, 2012 · Piper PA-28-150Airframe modelPiper PA-28-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 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.