- Date
- September 14, 1987, 13:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- John Day, OR
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1394VPiper PA-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 6, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870914079609A
- Case key
- 40694
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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.
In flight collision with terrain/water
Preflight planning/preparation - inadequateCause
All available runway - not usedFactor
Weather condition - high density altitudeCause
Stall/mush
Fire/explosion
Analysis
Plt departed hay field in hi density alt conds. The pilot was unable to clear trees and stalled/mushed into terrain, collapsing gear and colliding with trees.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1394V
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 542400
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-D2, 135 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Rawlins, Timothy R.
- Registered owner
- Rawlins, Richard T.
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 20, 1987
- Destination
- SLE · Salem, OR
N1394VRegistration cancelled Dec 2, 2014 · Piper PA-18-135Airframe modelPiper PA-18-135Engine modelLycoming 0-290 series
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
- 30
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 550 total · 110 in this make and model · 16 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 30 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.