- Date
- October 8, 1978
- Place
- Belgrade, MT · BELGRADE, MT
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N43481Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report November 16, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781008031989A
- Case key
- 143922
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3103 78/10/8 BELGRADE,MT PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 23, 359 TIME - 1845 N43481 PX- 0 1 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 98 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GALLATIN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BELGRADE,MT LOCAL 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 FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - TOUCH AND GO LANDING TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- 90FT TALL PWR LINES 1/2 MI FROM RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N43481
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gallatin
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N43481 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.