- Date
- February 14, 1988, 15:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Circle, MT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N55PAPiper J3C-65
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880214022889A
- Case key
- 17449
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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.
Nose over
Terrain condition - snow coveredFactor
Unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selectedCause
Analysis
Plt and passenger were hunting coyotes from the air. Upon landing to pick up a coyote they had shot, the acft encountered deep snow and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N55PA
- Reported as
- Piper J3C-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 19115
- Engine
- Continental A-65-B, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jeffery A. Skyberg
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 8, 1987
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
- 29
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Unknown
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 1,037 total · 970 in this make and model · 1,004 as pilot in command · 54 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 25 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.