- Date
- August 30, 1986, 07:24 local (14:24 UTC)
- Place
- John Day, OR
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3618RPiper PA-28-180
- Weather
- Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860830043119A
- Case key
- 40302
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Analysis
The non-instrument rated pilots departed hermiston en route to burns, Oregon. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed; however, mountain tops along the route of flight were occasionally obstructed by local cloud layers. During the course of the flight the pilot(s) entered into and then continued within instrument meteorological conditions. Sometime thereafter, the aircraft collided with sharply upsloping mountainous terrain.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3618R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-5713
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A3A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jerry L. Johnston
- Registered owner
- Country Animal Hospital
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · July 23, 1986
- Departed
- S22 · Hermiston, OR
- Destination
- BNO · Burns, OR
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 184 total · 119 in this make and model · 159 as pilot in command · 28 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BKE, 52 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.