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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event DEN82DTI14

1982-06-05 WOLF CREEK, Montana, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N2AL

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

MOONEY M20R

Year of manufacture

1998

Engine

AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19980409

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A18D5C

Registrant of record

AL CORPORATION

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

WHILE FLYING AT A LOW ALTITUDE OVER THE MISSOURI RIVER THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH A POWERLINE DAMAGING THE PROPELLER AND COWLING. THE PILOT USED GROUND TRANSPORTATION TO PICKUP A NEW PROPELLER. HE REPAIRED THE AIRCRAFT, SURVEYED THE TAKEOFF AREA AND ATTEMPTED A TAKEOFF FROM THE ROUGH TERRAIN. AFTER THE TAIL LIFTED OFF, THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER AND CAME TO REST ON ITS BACK. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1982_DEN82DTI14.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.