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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-36-285 · Fort Benton, MT · May 8, 1993

Date
May 8, 1993 · 20:30 local
Place
Fort Benton, MT
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N56542
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA93LA106
Reported as
Piper PA36285
Reported engine
Lycoming IO720A1B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,624 total180 in this make and model25 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

Flew low under rain squall. Downdraft forced aircraft to land in open field. Aircraft nosed up.

As the FAA filed it

FLEW LOW UNDER RAIN SQUALL. DOWNDRAFT FORCED AIRCRAFT TO LAND IN OPEN FIELD. AIRCRAFT NOSED UP.

NTSB investigation

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