Piper PA-18 N7478L
19 October 1984 · Loring, Montana, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 19 October 1984 at about 21:00 local time, a Piper PA-18 registered N7478L, operated by Daniel Simonson, was involved in an accident near Loring, Montana, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 21:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Loring, Montana, United States
- Coordinates
- 48.8195, -108.0005
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-18
- Registration
- N7478L
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Daniel Simonson
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Aerial Observation
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Loring → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- DEN85LA013
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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
ACFT STALLED WHILE MAKING A DOWNWIND TURN DURING SLOW FLIGHT AT A LOW ALT WHILE ON A CATTLE SURVEY FLT. ACFT DESCENDED, IMPACTED THE TERRAIN AND WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Dec 1984 | Piper PA-18 | Girdwood, Alaska, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
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| 9 Oct 1984 | Piper PA-18 | Big Susitna Rvr, Alaska, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 May 1984 | Cessna 152 | Billings, Montana, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 25 May 1984 | Cessna 210E | Livingston, Montana, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 19 Jun 1984 | Cessna A188B | Opheim, Montana, United States | Frank Redfield | No injuries | - |
| 16 Jun 1984 | Cessna 180C | Lustre, Montana, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 26 Jun 1984 | Bellanca 7GCBC | Dillon, Montana, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 2 Jul 1984 | Piper PA-38-112 | Townsend, Montana, United States | Sunbird Aviation Inc | No injuries | - |