- Date
- September 19, 1992, 07:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place
- Smoot, WY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7894PPiper PA-18-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920919037809A
- Case key
- 42902
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Probable cause
The pilot in command's delayed go-around. Factors contributing to the accident were the pilot in command's selection of unsuitable terrain and trees.
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
The pilot in command initiated an off airport landing on a ridgetop (against the wishes of the passenger). The passenger reported that the aircraft touched down on rough terrain, bounced several times and that the aircraft was travelling too fast to stop before striking trees in the landing path but too slow to fly out. The pilot added full power and turned the aircraft downslope during which time the aircraft's right wing impacted a tree with ground impact following immediately thereafter.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7894P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-7876
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Bayorek, Barry E.
- Registered owner
- Bayorek, Barry E.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- AFO · Afton, WY
- Destination
- AFO
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
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 530 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JAC, 61 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.