Piper PA-18-150 N1759P

Summary

On 23 April 1982 at about 18:50 local time, a Piper PA-18-150 registered N1759P, operated by Harry & Ellen Allen, was involved in an accident near Hardin, Montana, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

23 April 1982 at 18:50

Classification

Accident

Location

Hardin, Montana, United States

Nearest airport

Pocket Creek Ranch

Coordinates

45.6995, -107.6903

Aircraft

Piper PA-18-150

Registration

N1759P

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Harry & Ellen Allen

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Sheridan → Oberlin

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN82DA069

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PILOT AND HIS COPILOT WERE ON A FLIGHT TO A PRIVATE RANCH STRIP. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HIS APPROACH WAS NORMAL, EXCEPT IT WAS HOT AND GROUND EFFECT CARRIED THE PLANE A LITTLE TOO FAR. HE STATED THAT THE FIELD WAS SOFT, AND WHEN HE APPLIED BRAKES LIGHTLY, THE PLANE NOSED OVER. THE COPILOT STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED AND WENT UPSIDE DOWN. IN AN INTERVIEW SHORTLY AFTER THE ACCIDENT, THE PILOT SAID THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD RECENTLY BEEN MODIFIED WITH CLEVELAND BRAKES AND THAT HE WAS NOT COMPLETELY ACCUSTOMED TO THEM. THE WIND WAS CALM, THE TEMPERATURE WAS 74 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT, AND THE FIELD ELEVATION WAS ABOUT 2800 FT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.