- Date
- December 26, 1987, 12:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Riverton, WY
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N211TPiper PA-18-125
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 27, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871226071809A
- Case key
- 17429
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The instructor plt and student were practicing forced landings to an open field. The instructor stated that he descended to approx 50 to 75 ft AGL over the intended landing area. He initiated a go around, pulled up and banked left to go over powerlines. At an alt of approx 100 to 150 ft the acft stalled and the instructor was unable to recover before ground impact.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N211T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18-125
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-2325
- Airframe hours
- 4,367
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-D, 125 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Western Executive Air
- Registered owner
- U.S. States Energy Of Crested
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 25, 1987 · 62 hours before
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 20
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 393 total · 61 in this make and model · 194 as pilot in command · 80 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 16 °F, dew point 10 °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.