- Date
- September 28, 1978
- Place
- Belfry, MT · BELFRY, MT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N33160Piper J-3
- Status
- Completed · report November 1, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780928029589A
- Case key
- 138999
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2637 78/9/28 NR.BELFRY,MT PIPER J-3 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 2380 TIME - 1630 N33160 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 20 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT RED LODGE,MT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- LND ON RANCH ROAD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N33160
- Reported as
- Piper J-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.