- Date
- July 28, 1991, 08:15 local (14:15 UTC)
- Place
- Roy, MT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2322APiper PA-18-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910728030939A
- Case key
- 41502
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to maintain clearance from obstacles during takeoff.
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.
On ground/water collision with object
Clearance - not maintainedCause
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Analysis
The acft impacted a fence post during takeoff gnd run on a road, gnd looped and impacted terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2322A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-1898
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Edward R. Peigneux
- Registered owner
- Edward R. Peigneux
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Destination
- MLK · Malta, MT
N2322ARegistered now · Piper PA-18A-135Airframe modelPiper PA-18A-135Engine modelLycoming 0-320 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
- 38
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 7,900 total · 1,500 in this make and model · 7,800 as pilot in command · 27 in the last 90 days · 23 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 45 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GTF, 100 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.