Piper PA-18 N1963P
17 November 1988 · Idaho Falls, Idaho, United States · Serious injuries
Summary
On 17 November 1988 at about 09:30 local time, a Piper PA-18 registered N1963P, operated by Linden J. Butikofer, Inc., was involved in an accident near Idaho Falls, Idaho, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 09:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Idaho Falls, Idaho, United States
- Coordinates
- 43.5004, -111.8904
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-18
- Registration
- N1963P
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Linden J. Butikofer, Inc.
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Rexburg → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- IMC
- Light
- Night/Dark
- NTSB number
- SEA89LA019
People
1 person was seriously injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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
PLT REPORTEDLY STOLE ACFT AND DEPARTED ABOUT MIDNIGHT IN SNOWSTORM. FOR 3 HOURS HE BUZZED LOCAL RESIDENCES VEHICLES UNTIL FUEL EXHAUSTION. FORCED LNDG MADE IN ROUGH FIELD. INVESTIGATION REVEALED PLT HAD LONG HISTORY OF MENTAL ILLNESS AND HAD FALSIFIED MEDICAL CERTIFICATE APPLICATION DATA.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 May 1988 | Piper PA-18 | Togiak, Alaska, United States | David J. Hilty | No injuries | - |
| 17 Apr 1988 | Piper PA-18-150 | Palmer, Alaska, United States | Edwin P Depriest | Fatal | 1 |
| 3 May 1988 | Piper PA-18-150 | Larson Bay, Alaska, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 17 May 1988 | Piper PA-18 | Wasilla, Alaska, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 14 Jan 1988 | Piper PA-18-150 | Casper, Wyoming, United States | MacArtney, James M. | No injuries | - |
| 30 Jan 1988 | Piper PA-18-150 | Peyton, Colorado, United States | Civil Air Patrol | No injuries | - |
All 2,950 records for this type
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Sep 1988 | Piper J3C-65 | Coeur D'alene, Idaho, United States | Robert I. Dempster | No injuries | - |
| 12 Oct 1988 | Piper PA-28-180 | Sun Valley, Idaho, United States | Sun Valley Aviation, Inc | Fatal | 1 |
| 1 Oct 1988 | Piper PA-28-140 | North Fork, Idaho, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 10 Oct 1988 | Roman LONG-EZ | Salmon, Idaho, United States | Edwin Roman | Fatal | 1 |
| 23 Oct 1988 | Cessna 150G | Post Falls, Idaho, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 11 Nov 1988 | Piper PA-18A | Murphy, Idaho, United States | Robert D. O'malley | No injuries | - |