- Date
- July 5, 1987, 10:40 local (16:40 UTC)
- Place
- Red Lodge, MT
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5858DPiper PA-22-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870705032239A
- Case key
- 17258
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt stated that shortly after takeoff he intended to switch fuel to fullest tank but inadvertently put the fuel selector on off position. The engine failed. He did not have enough altitude or time to correct the situation and had to make a forced landing on a nearby golf course. After touchdown, during the landing roll, the acft struck a dirt embankment.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5858D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-4537
- Airframe hours
- 1,625
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A1A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jack F. Sasek
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · March 25, 1987
- Departed
- RED · Red Lodge, MT
- Destination
- HLN · Helena, MT
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
- 42
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,500 total · 100 in this make and model · 2,450 as pilot in command · 100 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Observed at
- BIL, 50 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.