- Date
- May 1, 1977
- Place
- Ismay, MT · ISMAY, MT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7635KPiper PA-20
- Status
- Completed · report July 29, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770501016059A
- Case key
- 147570
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1442 77/5/1 ISMAY,MT PIPER PA-20 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 28, 250 TIME - 1030 N7635K PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 100 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MANDAN,ND ISMAY,MT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL REMARKS- LANDING IN ALFALFA FLD,SWERVED LEFT,NOSED OVER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7635K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-20
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N7635K · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ANC26FA057Accident · 1 fatalClass 3 · FieldPreliminary reportCordova, AKOn June 18, 2026, at approximately 1200, an experimental Piper PA-20 airplane, N7635K, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident about 44 miles southeast of Cordova, Alaska. The pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code…NTSB LAX08CA255Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportGrass Valley, CAThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control due to his foot slipping off one rudder pedal while braking.