- Date
- January 17, 1979
- Place
- Montpelier, ID · MONTPELIER, ID
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N79DGPitts S-2A
- Status
- Completed · report February 15, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790117000989A
- Case key
- 138235
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0022 79/1/17 MONTPELIER,ID PITTS S-2A CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1743 N79DG PX- 0 0 0 FERRY 40, 10000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION AFTON,WY ROCK SPRINGS,WY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT APPROACHING DARKNESS REMARKS- LDG ON HIWAY AT DUSK. HIT PWR LINES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N79DG
- Reported as
- Pitts S-2A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N79DGRegistered now · Aerotek PITTS S-2AAirframe modelAerotek PITTS S-2AEngine modelLycoming AEIO-360 series
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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.
Other investigations on N79DG · 1
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