- Date
- February 22, 1985, 13:35 local (20:35 UTC)
- Place
- Chinook, MT
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N26580Taylorcraft BC-65
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850222004059A
- Case key
- 16527
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The airplane was observed to enter a shallow right climbing turn at about 200 feet AGL after making a low pass over friends. Witnesses said the airplane then stalled and dove to the ground. There was no evidence of airframe, eng, prop, flt control, or syst failure/malfunction or plt incapacitation. VMC conditions prevailed. The plt had logged a total of 173 hours, of which 34.0 hours were in make/model.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N26580
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BC-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1922
- Engine
- Continental A-65-8, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- George Phares
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 20, 1985 · 340 hours before
- Departed
- S71 · Chinook, MT
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
- 29
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 173 total · 34 in this make and model · 131 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 9 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 65 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 36 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HVR, 26 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.