- Date
- June 7, 1978
- Place
- Columbia Falls, MT · COLUMBIA FALLS, MT
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N3473ZPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780607012289A
- Case key
- 141669
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1033 78/6/7 COLUMBIA FALLS,MT PIPER PA-18 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1815 N3473Z PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 44, 12500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KALISPELL,MT LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: BUZZING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- HIT TREES 40FT AGL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3473Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N3473ZRegistered 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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