- Date
- May 8, 1978
- Place
- Kalispell, MT · KALISPELL, MT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N16447Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report June 5, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780508009199A
- Case key
- 142357
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1035 78/5/8 NR.KALISPELL,MT PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0740 N16447 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE AGE 31, 1935 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 7 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GLACIER PARK INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KALISPELL,MT LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: AUTOMOBILE LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: DRIVER OF VEHICLE WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED 5000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 39 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 360 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- ENCNTRD DOWNDRAFT. HIT TRUCK ON HIWAY 225FT SHORT OF RWY,DMGD LOWER FUSELAGE. LND OK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N16447
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Glacier Park Intl
N16447Registered now · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.