- Date
- December 17, 1988, 15:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Hammond, MT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N78654Piper PA-11
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881217069799A
- Case key
- 17651
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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, who was a veterinarian, landed his acft in rough, cultivated farm fld at a ranch in order to conduct business. Upon completion of his business, the plt selected a smoother area in the same field for takeoff. The area was smoother but was shorter and the acft collided with a fence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N78654
- Reported as
- Piper PA-11
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 11-1415
- Airframe hours
- 2,438
- Engine
- Continental C-90, 90 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Tooke, James G.
- Registered owner
- Tooke, James G
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 1, 1988 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- NONE
- Destination
- EKA · Ekalaka, MT
- Airport
- Farm Field
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
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 1,242 total · 1,100 in this make and model · 1,200 as pilot in command · 39 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 36 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.