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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Slinds 100-180 · John Day, OR · August 23, 1988

Date
August 23, 1988 · 17:15 local
Place
John Day, OR
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N4175X
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA88FA160
Reported as
Slinds 100180
Reported engine
Lycoming O290A
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
3
Pilot’s flight hours
450 total

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.

Spotting elk at low altitude. Stalled into trees due to high density altitude. Power loss from fouled spark plug.

As the FAA filed it

SPOTTING ELK AT LOW ALTITUDE. STALLED INTO TREES DUE TO HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE. POWER LOSS FROM FOULED SPARK PLUG.

NTSB investigation

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