- Date
- October 9, 1988, 18:00 local (Oct 10, 1988, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Salmon, ID
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N38AJRoman LONG-EZ
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report November 28, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881009046289A
- Case key
- 40950
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The purpose of the flight was to spot wild game during feeding time (at dusk). The surviving passenger estimated the flight visibility was about one to two mi with smoke. While flying in close proximity to rugged, mountainous terrain, the acft struck a tree on a ridge at aprx 7500 ft & crashed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N38AJ
- Reported as
- Roman LONG-EZ
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1538
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Edwin Roman
- Registered owner
- Edwin R Roman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- SMN · Salmon, ID
- Destination
- S72 · St Maries, ID
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
- 32
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,900 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.