Piper PA-11 N78816
28 December 1968 · Velva, North Dakota, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 28 December 1968 at about 16:00 local time, a Piper PA-11 registered N78816 was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Velva, 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 16:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Velva, North Dakota, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-11
- Registration
- N78816
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Private Owner
- Purpose of flight
- Practice
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-4778
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
ACFT STRUCK SNOW COVERED ROCK.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Piper PA-11 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Jul 1968 | Piper PA-11 | Tifton, Georgia, United States | Bobby A Walker | Fatal | 1 |
| 18 May 1968 | Piper PA-11 | Wolf Point, Montana, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 7 Jan 1968 | Piper PA-11 | Benkelman, Nebraska, United States | Packard Flying | Fatal | 2 |
| 15 Jan 1968 | Piper PA-11 | Earlville, Illinois, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 2 Oct 1968 | Piper PA-11 | Harvey, North Dakota, United States | Helm Flying SE | No injuries | - |
| 4 Aug 1968 | Piper PA-11 | Palmer, Alaska, United States | - | No injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Jan 1968 | Piper PA-22 | Baytown, Texas, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 13 Mar 1968 | Cessna 150 | Mounds, Oklahoma, United States | Riverside Airl | No injuries | - |
| 27 Mar 1968 | Piper PA-22 | Laurel, Maryland, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 12 Apr 1968 | Piper J5A | Valparaiso, Indiana, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 18 May 1968 | Mooney M20D | Santa Rosa, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 31 May 1968 | Cessna 182 | Medford, New Jersey, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |