- Date
- August 31, 1976
- Place
- Helena, MT · HELENA, MT
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1189CPiper PA-18A
- Status
- Completed · report October 4, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760831037049A
- Case key
- 155242
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2823 76/8/31 NR.HELENA,MT PIPER PA-18A CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 59, 3500 TIME - 1251 N1189C PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MAGPIE RIDGE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GREAT FALLS,MT HELENA,MT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RUNWAY CLOSED REMARKS- STRUCK TELEPHONE WIRES WHILE ATTEMPTING LDG ON CLOSED RWY AT PVT AIRPORT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1189C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Magpie Ridge
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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.
Other investigations on N1189C · 1
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