- Date
- June 4, 1978
- Place
- Lewistown, MT · LEWISTOWN, MT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N54283Piper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report June 26, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780604011539A
- Case key
- 141748
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1041 78/6/4 NR.LEWISTOWN,MT PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, 500 TIME - 1940 N54283 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LEWISTOWN,MT PILOTS RANCH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION REMARKS- LND IN TALL GRASS FLD TO CHECK COW.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N54283
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N54283Registered 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 N54283 · 1
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