- Date
- January 21, 1977
- Place
- Ingomar, MT · INGOMAR, MT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N83381Piper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report February 11, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770121001039A
- Case key
- 157051
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0072 77/1/21 INGOMAR,MT PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 49, 18055 TIME - 1600 N83381 PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL SURVEY TOTAL HOURS, 12550 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION INGOMAR,MT LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL REMARKS- LANDED ON PVT ROAD,SWERVED INTO DITCH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N83381
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N83381Registered 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 N83381 · 1
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