- Date
- November 11, 1988, 11:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Murphy, ID
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8562CPiper PA-18A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 28, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881111057039A
- Case key
- 40960
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While making a low pass over a snow-covered airstrip, the plt misjudged his altitude. The aircraft's main gear made contact with six inch deep snow, & after traveling aprx 100 ft, the plane nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8562C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-2716
- Airframe hours
- 2,697
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-D2, 135 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert D. O'Malley
- Registered owner
- Robert D O'Malley
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 14, 1987 · 62 hours before
- Departed
- Murphy, ID
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Flight crew
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- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 51
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 3,000 total · 300 in this make and model · 2,950 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8562C · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.