- Date
- October 19, 1984, 15:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Loring, MT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7478LPiper PA-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841019070299A
- Case key
- 16593
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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.
Loss of control - in flight
Altitude - inadequateFactor
Judgment - poorCause
Airspeed - not maintainedCause
Stall - inadvertent
Remedial action - not possible
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - ground
Fire
Analysis
Acft stalled while making a downwind turn during slow flight at a low alt while on a cattle survey flt. Acft descended, impacted the terrain and was destroyed by fire.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7478L
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 187509073
- Airframe hours
- 1,122
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A1B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Aerial observation · Part 91
- Operator
- Daniel Simonson
- Registered owner
- Leroy Simonson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 8, 1983
- Departed
- Loring, MT
N7478LRegistered now · Piper PA-18-150Airframe modelPiper PA-18-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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
- 30
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 600 total · 510 in this make and model · 550 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 5 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.