- Date
- May 10, 1964
- Place
- Nudita Gap, MT · NUDITA GAP, MT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5046WPiper PA28
- Status
- Completed · report September 18, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 183897
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1238 64/5/10 NUDITA GAP MONT PIPER PA28 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 23, 44 TOTAL TIME - 1930 N5046W PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, 43 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFING RECEIVED-METHOD UNKNOWN WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR VFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5046W
- Reported as
- Piper PA28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N5046WRegistration cancelled May 17, 2017 · Piper PA-28Airframe modelPiper PA-28Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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Other investigations on N5046W · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB WPR16FA103Accident · Serious injuriesField investigationFinal reportPomona, CAThe pilot's mismanagement of the available fuel, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation.NTSB LAX70FUQ21Accident · No injuriesClosedSanta Susana, CANTSB LAX66D0086Accident · No injuriesClosedSanta Susana, CA