Piper PA-12-150 N7695H

Summary

On 8 September 1987 at about 16:00 local time, a Piper PA-12-150 registered N7695H was involved in an accident near Anaconda, Montana, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

8 September 1987 at 16:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Anaconda, Montana, United States

Coordinates

46.1207, -112.9703

Aircraft

Piper PA-12-150

Registration

N7695H

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Lolo → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN87FA234

2 people died.

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

BOTH PLTS WERE REPORTEDLY AVID BIG HORN SHEEP HUNTERS. ON THE MORNING OF THE ACCIDENT, THE 2ND PLT PICKED UP TOPOGRAPHICAL CHARTS OF THE AREA WHERE THE ACFT CRASHED. IT WAS AN AREA WHERE THE MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF FISH, WILDLIFE, AND PARKS (FWP) HAD RECENTLY RELOCATED A HERD OF BIG HORN SHEEP. THE 2ND PLT WAS ALSO A RECENTLY RETIRED FWP REGIONAL SUPERVISOR WHO HAD BEEN IN CHARGE OF SHEEP HERD RELOCATIONS. ONE WITNESS SAW THE ACFT FLYING EAST ACROSS THE MTNS AT LOW ALT. IT SUDDENLY DROPPED OUT OF SIGHT AND SMOKE WAS SEEN COMING FROM THE AREA. WINDS ALOFT WERE FORCAST TO BE OUT OF THE NNW AT 14-15 KTS. NO EVIDENCE WAS FD TO INDICATE ANY PRE-IMPACT FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION. THE ACFT STRUCK THE EAST WALL OF 7300 FT HIGH BUND GULCH AT ABT THE 7250 FT LEVEL IN A NOSE HIGH, L WG LOW ATTITUDE. THE CARB THROTTLE VALVE WAS FULL OPEN. THE PROP BORE EVIDENCE OF ROTATION AT IMPACT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.