- Date
- August 11, 1976
- Place
- Condon, MT · CONDON, MT
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4380ZPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760811024439A
- Case key
- 155240
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2821 76/8/11 NR.CONDON,MT PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 414 TIME - 0930 N4380Z PX- 0 0 1 AERIAL SURVEY TOTAL HOURS, 63 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CONDON AIRSTRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CONDON,MT KALISPELL,MT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIRAL IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS REMARKS- LOCATING DEER. USED FULL FLAPS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4380Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Condon Airstrip
N4380ZRegistered now · 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 N4380Z · 1
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