Plane Crash List

Piper PA-18-150 N7174B

28 July 1987 · Fargo, North Dakota, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 28 July 1987 at about 19:30 local time, a Piper PA-18-150 registered N7174B, operated by FMH Co., was involved in an accident near Fargo, North Dakota, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 19:30
Classification
Accident
Location
Fargo, North Dakota, United States
Nearest airport
Hector-Private
Coordinates
46.8698, -96.8108
Aircraft
Piper PA-18-150
Registration
N7174B
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
FMH Co.
Operating rule
Part 137: Agricultural
Purpose of flight
Aerial Application
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Fargo → Unknown
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
DEN87LA196

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

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

PLT INSTALLED NEW AERIAL APPLICATION CHEMICAL TANK. THE TANK WAS FILLED WITH WATER FOR A TEST FLIGHT. PLT COULD NOT HOLD NOSE DOWN AFTER TAKEOFF. ACFT STALLED INTO TREES AND LANDED IN FIELD BEYOND TREES. ACFT NOSED OVER AND DAMAGED FUSELAGE AND VERTICAL STABILIZER. ACFT WAS OVER MAX GROSS WEIGHT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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