- Date
- February 21, 1988, 12:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Miles City, MT
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6693RMooney M20E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880221021739A
- Case key
- 17453
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of control - in flight
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Weather condition - high windFactor
Compensation for wind conditions - inadequateCause
Aircraft control - not maintainedCause
In-flight planning/decision - improperFactor
In flight collision with terrain/water
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6693R
- Reported as
- Mooney M20E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 436
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1A, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gary L. Johnson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 20, 1987
- Departed
- BIS · Bismarck, ND
- Airport
- MLS · Frank Wiley Field, runway 22, 6,313 × 100 ft, asphalt
N6693RRegistration cancelled Jul 23, 2013 · Mooney M20EAirframe modelMooney M20EEngine modelLycoming I0360 series
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
- 39
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,072 total · 104 in this make and model · 935 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 30 knots, gusting 37
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 18 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MLS
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.