- Date
- August 7, 1989, 12:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Ekalaka, MT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1322APiper PA-18-125
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 15, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890807032569A
- Case key
- 17763
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Probable cause
Misjudgement of the proper touchdown point by the pilot, which resulted in an overrun of the landing area and collision with a post. The downhill terrain condition and location of the fence post were related factors.
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 commerical plt/rancher was flying to a nearby ranch for parts. He said he landed downhill into winds that he estimated were from 135 deg at 10 KTS. He reported that he overshot his point of intended landing and overran the landing strip (a road). He said the left wing struck a gate post and damaged the spar.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1322A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18-125
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-1128
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-D, 125 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Earlend D. Laird, doing business as Earlend D Laird
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Departed
- NONE · Ekalaka, MT
- Destination
- NONE
- Airport
- NONE · Ranch Strip
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
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 3,885 total · 2,400 in this make and model · 3,880 as pilot in command · 47 in the last 90 days · 27 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 135° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
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 N1322A · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.