- Date
- December 19, 1979
- Place
- Chester, MT · CHESTER, MT
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2168DPiper PA-32R
- Status
- Completed · report January 31, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791219035349A
- Case key
- 132644
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3293 79/12/19 NR.CHESTER,MT PIPER PA-32R CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 580 TIME - 1200 N2168D PX- 0 1 2 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 419 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHESTER,MT RUDYARD,MT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND REMARKS- ATTMPTD TKOF FROM FLD OF MINIMUM LENGTH AT NEAR MAX GROSS WT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2168D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.