Piper PA-18 N54283

17 April 1980 · Winifred, Montana, United States · Minor injuries

Summary

On 17 April 1980 at about 18:00 local time, a Piper PA-18 registered N54283 was involved in an accident during in flight near Winifred, Montana, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 17 April 1980 at 18:00
Classification: Accident
Location: Winifred, Montana, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-18
Registration: N54283
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Business
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-0219

People

1 person had minor injuries.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	1	0

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

LOST CTL DURING LOW FLT OVER SON ON TRACTOR ON PLTS RANCH.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-0219, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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