- Date
- March 5, 1976
- Place
- Missoula, MT · MISSOULA, MT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N55916Piper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report April 23, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760305004479A
- Case key
- 153104
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0599 76/3/5 MISSOULA,MT PIPER PA-28R CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 19, 141 TIME - 1907 N55916 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 28 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JOHNSON-BELL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MINOT,ND MISSOULA,MT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- DESCENDED INTO GRAVEL PIT.DARK NIGHT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N55916
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Johnson-Bell
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.