# NTSB SEA77FTI10: Piper PA-28, Gardiner, MT, March 26, 1977

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: March 26, 1977
- Place: Gardiner, MT · GARDINER, MT
- Location: 45.0525° N, 110.7378° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gardiner, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.0525&lon=-110.7378&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 4, 1977
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 158399
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA77FTI10
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA77FTI10

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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E-0004  77/3/26    GARDINER,MT         PIPER PA-28         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 31, 75 TOTAL
        TIME - 1918                    C-GDNW              PX-  0  0  2  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  HOURS, 15 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION         LAST ENROUTE STOP
          SASKATOON,SASK,CAN          BOZEMAN,MT                   BILLINGS,MT
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES                                   LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED
           MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL
        FACTOR(S)
           TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT
                                  APPROACHING DARKNESS
                                  ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER
        REMARKS- FOLLOWING WRONG RD,BECAME LOST.ATMPTD LDG ON ROAD,ROLLED L TO AVOID SIGN,RAN OFF SIDE OF ROAD.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: C-GDNW (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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