- Date
- December 6, 1986, 09:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Havre, MT
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7087DPiper PA-18-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861206067859A
- Case key
- 17157
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt inadvertently stalled the acft during pull-up after making a pass 20 ft above coyotes on the ground. The acft impacted level terrain and slid through a wire fence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7087D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-5575
- Airframe hours
- 2,355
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-C2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Martin Recknagel
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 12, 1986 · 55 hours before
- Departed
- HVB · Havre, MT
- Destination
- HVR
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
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 3,223 total · 79 in this make and model · 3,098 as pilot in command · 413 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 10 °F, dew point 9 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HVR, 7 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.
Other investigations on N7087D · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.