- Date
- January 5, 1992, 13:50 local (20:50 UTC)
- Place
- Ashby, NE
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N1217APiper PA-18-125
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 23, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920105000869A
- Case key
- 15219
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control while maneuvering.
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.
Analysis
The purpose of the flight was aerial observation for a coyote hunting group. Witnesses reported the airplane made a low pass over the hunting group, pulled up sharply and entered a left turn. They stated as the airplane climbed steeply one wing dropped and the aircraft descended, nose down and rotating, into the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1217A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18-125
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-835
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290D, 125 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Cole, Robert R.
- Registered owner
- Cole, Robert R.
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 177 total · 107 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.