- Date
- September 17, 1986, 19:30 local (Sep 18, 1986, 02:30 UTC)
- Place
- Tillamook, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3565LGreat Lakes 2T-1A-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860917045399A
- Case key
- 40502
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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
A precautionary landing was made on a field due to low fuel, lowering ceiling and visibility, ensuing darkness, and the pilot not knowing his exact position. Landing was made on an uphill field with a slight tail wind. The aircraft struck a swale and then became airborne momentarily. When it touched down again it struck a fence, rolled through another fence, and across a ditch which collapsed both main gear. The aircraft then rolled inverted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3565L
- Reported as
- Great Lakes 2T-1A-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 0804
- Airframe hours
- 900
- Engine
- Lycoming AEIO-360, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Richard C. Stokes
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Aerobatic
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 1, 1984 · 110 hours before
- Departed
- CEC · Crescent City, CA
- Destination
- AST · Astoria, 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
- 24
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 246 total · 180 in this make and model · 216 as pilot in command · 100 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 210° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 800 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 64 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.