- Date
- December 25, 1984, 15:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Cody, WY
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N1212APiper PA-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841225068349A
- Case key
- 16614
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student plt had the acft owner's (employer) permission to use the acft for solo practice toward obtaining his private plt certificate. Plt was ranch employee and knew one ranch manager would be looking for sheep, plt diverted from instructor's recommendation to practice take-offs and landings & flew to area of search. Using acft's on board loudspeaker. Plt flew over manager's vehicle broadcasting announcement. About 1/2 hour later, acft again flew over vehicle, plt made unintelligible broadcast and disappeared from view. Manager heard impact sounds. Acft had collided with ridge. Plt recalled being in a turn at impact.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1212A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-825
- Airframe hours
- 2,485
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- David Grabbert
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 10, 1984
- Departed
- GEY · Greybull, WY
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
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Unknown
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 63 total · 50 in this make and model · 37 as pilot in command · 39 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- 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.