- Date
- April 4, 1987, 17:00 local (Apr 5, 1987, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Belgrade, MT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5084NBoeing A75L3
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870404012009A
- Case key
- 17192
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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
The plt report that he was landing on a 9000 x 150 ft asphalt rwy. The wind was nearly down the rwy at 4 to 9 KTS. In a telephone interview 2 days after the accident the plt reported that he was making a 'wheels' landing. He said when the main gear was about 1 ft above the rwy when the tail rose suddenly and the acft flipped end over end coming to rest inverted on the rwy centerline. He said examination of the rwy surface after the accident did not reveal any skid marks. He also said he did not encounter any turbulence or x-wind.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5084N
- Reported as
- Boeing A75L3
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 755714
- Airframe hours
- 3,314
- Engine
- P&W UNKNOWN, 220 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- John D. Duncan, doing business as Pacific Western Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Dave Bruce
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- BZN · Gallatin, runway 30, 9,000 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 53
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 642 total · 42 in this make and model · 387 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BZN
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.