- Date
- July 12, 1988, 07:00 local (13:00 UTC)
- Place
- Cody, WY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6083APiper PA-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880712026439A
- Case key
- 17501
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During landing on a ranch road while on a business flight the plt struck a pile of gravel placed on the road to facilitate road repairs. The aircraft flipped over and caused substantial damage to the vertical stabilizer, horizontal stabilizer, propeller and wing tips.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6083A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-8009048
- Airframe hours
- 837
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A3A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Hunt Oil Company
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 24, 1987 · 25 hours before
- Departed
- COD · Cody, WY
- Airport
- Ranch Road
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
- 58
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,800 total · 2,500 in this make and model · 2,700 as pilot in command · 54 in the last 90 days · 18 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N6083A · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.