- Date
- June 27, 1988, 10:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Conrad, MT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9856PPiper PA-25-235
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880627027359A
- Case key
- 17488
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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 plt reported that he was making a lt turnaround to begin a swath run. He said the acft slowed while in a steep lt bank at the highest part of the turn and he was unable to raise the lt wing as the acft approached the ground. The lt wing and main landing gear hit the ground and the acft slid sideways before coming to rest. During a telephone interview on the day after the acdt, the plt said there was no problem with the acft, he just got too slow in the turn. In his written report of the acdt, the pilot said he was making the turnaround into a 6 to 8 kt wind and he thought the wind might have quit while he was in the turn.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9856P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25-235
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 257556180
- Airframe hours
- 1,800
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Mellott, Thomas H.
- Registered owner
- Mellott, Thomas H.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 24, 1988 · 84 hours before
- Departed
- NONE
- Destination
- NONE
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
- 48
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 3,800 total · 1,800 in this make and model · 90 in the last 90 days · 40 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 45 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.