- Date
- March 23, 1989, 14:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Billings, MT
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N80927Poehls Bobcat
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 12, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890323004629A
- Case key
- 17685
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Probable cause
The pilot inadvertently stalled the aircraft at an altitude which was too low to permit recovery.
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 received a head inj in the acdt and said he did not remember the details of the flt. The wreckage of the modified ultralight was located on the airport 200' e and 150' s of the w end of the e/w rwy. The initial impact pt was 8' w of the final resting place of the wreckage. Damage to the acft was concentrated on the front of the acft. The rear spars of both wings were broken and the wings were bent forward. The plt said he thought the eng lost power; however, he said examination of the eng and wreckage did not reveal any deficiencies.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N80927
- Reported as
- Poehls Bobcat
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 2511
- Airframe hours
- 43
- Engine
- Rotax 447, 40 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Poehls, William B.
- Registered owner
- William B Poehls
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · February 27, 1989 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- NONE
- Destination
- NONE
- Airport
- NONE · Oscar'S Greenland
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
- 63
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 586 total · 43 in this make and model · 1 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.