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Piper PA-18-150 N3944Z

2 April 1983 · Powers Lake, North Dakota, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 2 April 1983 at about 20:00 local time, a Piper PA-18-150 registered N3944Z was involved in an accident near Powers Lake, 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 20:00
Classification
Accident
Location
Powers Lake, North Dakota, United States
Coordinates
48.5608, -102.6410
Aircraft
Piper PA-18-150
Registration
N3944Z
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Leeds → Unknown
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
DEN83LA093

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

ACCORDING TO THE PLT, HE WAS LANDING ON A ROAD NEAR A FRIEND'S HOUSE WHEN THE LEFT WING HIT A STEELPOST AND CAUSED THE ACFT TO VEER OFF THE ROAD AND INTO A DITCH. THE ACFT THEN NOSED OVER IN THE DITCH.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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