- Date
- July 28, 1988, 20:45 local (Jul 29, 1988, 02:45 UTC)
- Place
- Forsyth, MT
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N3290BPiper PA-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 3, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880728028439A
- Case key
- 17514
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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.
In flight collision with object
Low pass - performedFactor
Light condition - sunglareFactor
Visual lookout - inadequateCause
Visual/aural detectionFactor
Object - wire,transmissionFactor
Proper altitude - not maintainedCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - water
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3290B
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-3284
- Airframe hours
- 1,408
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-D, 125 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial observation · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Thompson, John C.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 16, 1988 · 80 hours before
- Departed
- 1S3 · Forsyth, MT
- Destination
- 1S3
N3290BRegistration cancelled Sep 10, 2012 · Piper PA-18Airframe modelPiper PA-18Engine modelLycoming 0-290 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
- 50
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 1,149 total · 249 in this make and model · 60 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 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.