- Date
- July 4, 1977
- Place
- Billings, MT · BILLINGS, MT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9875WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770704016439A
- Case key
- 146681
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1666 77/7/4 NR.BILLINGS,MT PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 31, 430 TIME - 2045 N9875W PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 150 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GILLETTE,WY BILLINGS,MT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- MAKING APCH TO FARM.DUCKED UNDER WIRES AT 30FT AGL,STRUCK FENCEPOSTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9875W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N9875W · 2
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