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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28RT-201T · Red Lodge, MT · July 4, 1989

Date
July 4, 1989 · 12:35 local
Place
Red Lodge, MT
Airport
Red Lodge Airport
Phase of flight
Go Round (Aborted VFR)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N4391A
Reported as
Piper PA28RT201T
Reported engine
Continental TSIO360FB
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
355 total66 in this make and model32 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.

Wind shifted to quartering tail wind on landing. Tried to go around but settled and struck a dirt bank.

As the FAA filed it

WIND SHIFTED TO QUARTERING TAIL WIND ON LANDING. TRIED TO GO AROUND BUT SETTLED AND STRUCK A DIRT BANK.