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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Tcraft BC65 · Chinook, MT · February 22, 1985

Date
February 22, 1985 · 13:35 local
Place
Chinook, MT
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N26580
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN85FA084
Reported as
Tcraft BC65
Reported engine
Continental A658
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
173 total34 in this make and model3 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft made low slow pass over farm. Started climbing turn, wing dropped and aircraft nosed into ground.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT MADE LOW SLOW PASS OVER FARM. STARTED CLIMBING TURN, WING DROPPED AND AIRCRAFT NOSED INTO GROUND.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.