- Date
- September 12, 1986, 08:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- Casper, WY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8595DPiper PA-18A-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860912045229A
- Case key
- 17048
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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.
Analysis
While in normal cruise flt, after crossing a ridgeline, the plt encountered downdraft wind currents. The acft entered a descent from which the plt could not recover. He attempted to make an emergency forced landing in rough desert terrain. The acft impacted uneven terrain and was substantially damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8595D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18A-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-6257
- Airframe hours
- 3,696
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Roy W. Haines
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 10, 1986 · 59 hours before
- Departed
- Casper, 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
- Age
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 83 total · 83 in this make and model · 44 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CPR, 34 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.