# NTSB UNK64X3611: Piper PA-30, Choteau, MT, August 26, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: August 26, 1964
- Place: Choteau, MT · CHOTEAU, MT
- Location: 47.8137° N, 112.1794° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Choteau, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.8137&lon=-112.1794&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal
- Status: Completed, report March 23, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 182535
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X3611
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X3611

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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E-0011  64/8/26    CHOTEAU MONTANA     PIPER PA-30         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             CERTIFICATE OTHER, AGE
        TIME - 1505                    CF-PHN              PX-  3  0  0  BUSINESS                  50, 1560 TOTAL HOURS, 28
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - CHOTEAU ARPT
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL: SPIN                                              LANDING: GO-AROUND
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
        FACTOR(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO RETRACT LANDING GEAR
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: CF-PHN (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-30
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Choteau Arpt

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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