- Date
- July 17, 1985, 17:59 local (Jul 18, 1985, 00:59 UTC)
- Place
- Goose Prairie, WA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N70691Piper J3-C-65
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850717069899A
- Case key
- 40054
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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 acft contacted trees while the plt was performing low level passes over a boy scout camp. Witnesses reported the plt made three passes over the camp and during one of those passes, the plt dropped a bag of candy bars to the scouts. The fourth, during which the acft contacted trees, was reportedly made at a slow airspeed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N70691
- Reported as
- Piper J3-C-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17708
- Airframe hours
- 3,075
- Engine
- Continental A-65-8, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- William P. Kissling
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 13, 1985 · 5 hours before
- Departed
- YKM · Yakima, WA
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
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 300 total · 100 in this make and model · 300 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.