Plane Crash List

Piper J3C-65 N42056

9 September 1994 · Dixon, Montana, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 9 September 1994 at about 06:00 local time, a Piper J3C-65 registered N42056 was involved in an accident near Dixon, Montana, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

The record

Date
at 06:00
Classification
Accident
Location
Dixon, Montana, United States
Coordinates
47.2496, -114.3492
Aircraft
Piper J3C-65
Registration
N42056
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Aerial Observation
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Polson → Unknown
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
SEA94FA237

People

2 people died.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
2 2 0 0 0

Probable cause

THE PILOT IN COMMAND'S ALLOWING THE AIRCRAFT AIRSPEED TO DECREASE BELOW THE STALL SPEED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED ON AN AERIAL OBSERVATION FLIGHT AND CRASHED THEREAFTER. THERE WERE NO WITNESSES TO THE ACCIDENT AND THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WAS UNKNOWN. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND IN A STEEP, NOSE LOW, LEFT WING DOWN ATTITUDE. THE CRASH SITE WAS ON A MODERATELY UPSLOPING, WOODED, HILLSIDE, IN A SMALL, 100 FOOT DIAMETER CLEARING. NO TREES WERE IMPACTED DURING THE CRASH. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF ANY CONTROL MALFUNCTION AND DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER FORWARD FLANGE PLATE AND THE PROPELLER BLADE INDICATED SOME DEGREE OF ROTATIONAL ENERGY AT IMPACT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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