- Date
- May 3, 1989, 16:07 local (22:07 UTC)
- Place
- Bozeman, MT
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9858DPiper PA-18-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 19, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890503010729A
- Case key
- 17704
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Probable cause
Improper in-flight planning/decision by the pilot which led to his failure to maintain directional control during the landing. Contributing factors were: use of an unfavorable runway, crosswind, and gusts.
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
According to the plt, when he arrived in the area of the arpt, he contacted the flt svc station (fss) & was advised that rwy 30 (a 9002' asphalt rwy) was active & that the wind was from 210 deg at 10, gusting 15 KTS. The arpt also had a turf rwy (rwy 3/21) which was 3400' long. The plt stated that drg touched down on rwy 30, a gust of wind lifted the left wing & the acft veered off the right side of the rwy. He applied power, but the right wing hit the ground & the acft cartwheeled. Shortly after coming to rest, it began burning & was destroyed by fire.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9858D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-7026
- Airframe hours
- 2,911
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Marlar, Charles H.
- Registered owner
- Marlar, Charles
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 8, 1988 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- MSO · Missoula, MT
- Destination
- MSO
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- BZN · Gallatin Field, runway 30, 9,002 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 53
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,200 total · 1,100 in this make and model · 1,200 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 59 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BZM
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 N9858D · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.