- Date
- August 29, 1979
- Place
- Big Sandy, MT · BIG SANDY, MT
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5791PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report November 2, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790829023639A
- Case key
- 134094
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2410 79/8/29 BIG SANDY,MT PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 31, 126 TIME - 2030 N5791P PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 24 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BIG SANDY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CONRAD,MT BIG SANDY,MT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SUNGLARE TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- HIT PWR LINES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5791P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Big Sandy
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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