- Date
- January 18, 1980
- Place
- Missoula, MT · MISSOULA, MT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N38313Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report February 7, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800118000529A
- Case key
- 132176
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0023 80/1/18 MISSOULA,MT PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1400 N38313 PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 44, 1457 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 667 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JOHNSON BELL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MISSOULA,MT LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT DUAL STUDENT - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER REMARKS- MAIN GR HIT 2FT SNOWBANK AT THRESHOLD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N38313
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Johnson Bell
N38313Registered now · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 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.