- Date
- December 25, 1984, 15:10 local (23:10 UTC)
- Place
- Imlay, NV
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9659PPiper PA-18-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 40026
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Plt was reportedly engaged in aerial coyote hunting, witnesses observed acft of this description flying low and slow in vicinity but there were no eyewitnesses to the crash. Investigation revealed acft impacted ground upright with high vertical descent rate. No malfunction or failure found in acft structure, power plant or systems.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9659P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-7509003
- Airframe hours
- 600
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Star Steep Co.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 6, 1984 · 14 hours before
- Departed
- Imlay, NV
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 land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 270 total · 20 in this make and model · 232 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 90 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 30 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- WNC, 16 nm away
Other investigations on N9659P · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.