Piper PA-12 N3743M

Summary

On 13 March 1983 at about 22:00 local time, a Piper PA-12 registered N3743M was involved in an accident near Coalville, Utah, 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.

Date

13 March 1983 at 22:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Coalville, Utah, United States

Nearest airport

Private Airstrip (NONE)

Coordinates

40.8796, -111.3101

Aircraft

Piper PA-12

Registration

N3743M

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Steamboat Sprgs → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN83LA079

Nobody was injured.

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

THE ACFT NOSED OVER DURING AN PRECAUTIONARY LANDING DUE TO DETERIORATING WEATHER. THE PLT HAD RECEIVED A WEATHER BRIEFING. THE WX CONDITIONS DETERIORATED ENROUTE DUE TO A SNOW STORM AND THE PLT ELECTED TO LAND ON A PRIVATE STRIP TO AWAIT IMPROVED WEATHER. THE AIRSTRIP SEEMED HARD PACKED ENOUGH WHEN THE PLT SURVEYED IT FROM THE AIR AND IT DID HOLD UP THE ACFT UNTIL IT DECELERATED. THE RIGHT WHEEL SANK INTO THE SNOW AT SLOW SPEED AND THE ACFT NOSED OVER.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.