- Date
- July 2, 1984, 16:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Townsend, MT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9826TPiper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840702029319A
- Case key
- 16422
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Analysis
The acft weathervaned during landing in a crosswind and collided with a fence and irrigation pipe off the left side of the rwy. The student plt had thought the landing in a x-wind would be good practice so he continued the approach but at the last momemt added power to go around. The acft stalled and weathervaned off the rwy. Reported winds at time of the accident were from 300 deg at 15 KTS gusting to 20 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9826T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3878AO217
- Airframe hours
- 2,823
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Sunbird Aviation Inc
- Registered owner
- Emil Erihardt
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 12, 1984
- Departed
- BZN · Bozeman, MT
- Destination
- BZN · Bozeman, MT
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 808 · Towssend, runway 35, 4,100 × 72 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 25
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 40 total · 40 in this make and model · 15 as pilot in command · 21 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
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