- Date
- October 28, 1978
- Place
- Denton, MT · DENTON, MT
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4053ZPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report December 4, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781028032519A
- Case key
- 143918
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3098 78/10/28 DENTON,MT PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 23, 950 TIME - 1030 N4053Z PX- 0 0 1 OTHER TOTAL HOURS, 686 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DENTON,MT LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS - VORTEX TURBULENCE REMARKS- HIT OWN WAKE TURB WHILE CHECKING CATTLE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4053Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N4053ZRegistered 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 N4053Z · 1
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