- Date
- July 18, 1986, 20:30 local (Jul 19, 1986, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- Minot, ND
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2355APiper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860718034469A
- Case key
- 17016
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
According to the plt, the flt proceeded normally until he arrived at an airstrip sw of Minot for a landing. Several low approaches were made before he elected to land. He said that after the touchdown and during his landing roll, the acft swerved and went into a wheat field beside the strip. The left wing then collided with wet soft terrain & was damaged. The plt reported that the grass on the airstrip was dry, but the surface was soft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2355A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3878A 0650
- Airframe hours
- 1,599
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Scott Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Bula Scott
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 14, 1986 · 4 hours before
- Departed
- MOT · Minot, ND
- Airport
- ND43 · Flying S Ranch, runway 36, 4,000 × 300 ft, grass/turf
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
- 23
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 991 total · 4 in this make and model · 114 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.