- Date
- January 8, 1976
- Place
- Geraldine, MT · GERALDINE, MT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3690ZPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report February 25, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760108000539A
- Case key
- 152318
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0178 76/1/8 NR.GERALDINE,MT PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 2320 TIME - 1100 N3690Z PX- 0 0 1 HUNTING TOTAL HOURS, 1058 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GERALDINE,MT LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT FATIGUE REMARKS- HUNTING COYOTES.NOSED OVER IN DEEP SNOW.10HRS FLT TIME IN LAST 24.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3690Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.