- Date
- October 23, 1982, 18:30 local (Oct 24, 1982, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Camp Crook, SD
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N1190APiper PA-18-125
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report October 23, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821023058169A
- Case key
- 70117
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Pilot making low altutude turns found controls jammed and collided left wing low in descent with bales of hay. Fuselage was found to contain spent and live shotgun shells under the floor. Aileron had a firing pin from a shotgun lodged in a pulley. The pilot had been an aerial hunter for years.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1190A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18-125
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18805
- Airframe hours
- 4,626
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-D, 125 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- Both
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Gary Roger Tennant
- Registered owner
- Gary Roger Tennant
- Departed
- Camp Crook, SD
- Destination
- Camp Crook, SD
- Airport
- 10 · Tennant Ranch
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
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 2,561 total · 2,500 in this make and model · 60 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 150° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 138 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RAP, 134 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.
Other investigations on N1190A · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.