- Date
- May 3, 1987, 14:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place
- Missoula, MT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7511DPiper PA-22-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870503012229A
- Case key
- 17219
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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 private plt was practicing touch and go landings. While on a takeoff roll, a gust of wind lifted the right wing and pushed the acft off the rwy to the left. Directional control was lost and the acft taxied through high grass parallel to the rwy. The nose wheel struck a clump of earth and collapsed. The acft nosed over and came to rest inverted. The plt stated that he needed more crosswind takeoffs and landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7511D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 225238
- Airframe hours
- 3,448
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A1A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Gary D. Macfadden
- Registered owner
- Macfadden, Gary D.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 22, 1987 · 6 hours before
- Departed
- MSO · Missoula, MT
- Airport
- MSO · Missoula County, runway 29, 9,499 × 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
- 34
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 98 total · 82 in this make and model · 44 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °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.