Plane Crash List

Piper PA-28-140 N7273J

11 January 1982 · Near Bozeman, Montana, United States · Serious injuries

Summary

On 11 January 1982 at about 14:30 local time, a Piper PA-28-140 registered N7273J, operated by P. D. Sebastian, was involved in an accident near Near Bozeman, Montana, United States. 2 people were on board and one was seriously injured, one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 14:30
Classification
Accident
Location
Near Bozeman, Montana, United States
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Piper PA-28-140
Registration
N7273J
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
P. D. Sebastian
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Great Falls → Bozeman
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
VMC
Light
Dawn
NTSB number
DEN82FTI10

People

1 person was seriously injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
2 0 1 1 0

Probable cause

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 WAS ON AN EARLY MORNING FLIGHT OVER MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN AT 8500 FEET. WHILE INBOUND TO HIS DESTINATION, HE ENCOUNTERED AN AREA OF RESTRICTED VISIBILITY WITH SNOW. AS HE STARTED A RIGHT TURN TO CORRECT TO HIS DESIRED COURSE, HIS PASSENGER ALERTED HIM OF A HILL AHEAD. AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME, HE EXPERIENCED A RAPID DESCENT. HE APPLIED FULL POWER AND TRIED TO CLIMB, BUT WAS UNABLE. WHILE LOOSING AIRSPEED, THE AIRCRAFT PITCHED NOSE DOWN IN WHAT THE PILOT DESCRIBED AS A STALL. THE PLANE STRUCK A TREE BEFORE IMPACTING IN 4 TO 5 FT OF SNOW ON A MOUNTAIN SLOPE. BOTH OCCUPANTS SURVIVED THE IMPACT. THE ELT WAS REMOVED AND SWITCHED FROM "ARM" TO "ON." IT WAS CARRIED DURING THEIR TREK DOWN THE MOUNTAIN SIDE. THE SIGNAL EVENTUALLY LED SEARCH AIRCRAFT TO THEIR LOCATION.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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