- Date
- June 10, 1986, 20:20 local (Jun 11, 1986, 01:20 UTC)
- Place
- Brodhead, WI
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N98739Piper J3
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860610023779A
- Case key
- 13467
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
In flight collision with object
In-flight planning/decision - poorFactor
Buzzing - not usedFactor
Object - tree(s)
Clearance - inadequateCause
Loss of control - in flight
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The plt was making a low pass over a friend's house. He was waving to the people on the ground and when he looked up he was too close to a tree to avoid hitting it. The plane then descended to the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N98739
- Reported as
- Piper J3
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18970
- Engine
- Continental A-65-8F, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- F. F. Badertscher
- Registered owner
- Fredoric Baderischer
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 2, 1985
- Departed
- C37 · Brodhead, WI
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 356 total · 25 in this make and model · 322 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 170° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JVL, 45 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.