ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 172340
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| Date: | Tuesday 16 December 2014 |
| Time: | 16:20 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-18-150 Super Cub |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N5989Z |
| MSN: | 18-8247 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1965 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320-A2B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Near Round Butte, WNW of Ronan Airport (7S0), Ronan, MT -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Ronan, MT (7S0) |
| Ronan, MT (7S0) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The commercial pilot was conducting a personal flight around the local area; the passenger had purchased the airplane about 6 weeks before the accident. After performing a series of low-level maneuvers, the pilot told the passenger that he saw a coyote, and he then performed a wingover maneuver. The airplane banked left, and the pilot pulled up. When the airplane was about 20 ft away from a hillside, the pilot stated that he did not think the airplane was going to clear the terrain. Shortly thereafter, the airplane struck the hillside. After the accident, the passenger reported that there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation.
The wreckage was located on a steep easterly facing hillside about 100 ft below the peak. Ground scar analysis, impact signatures, and wreckage fragmentation patterns revealed that the airplane impacted terrain in a left bank on about a 200-degree heading.
Probable Cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from terrain while performing an intentional, abrupt low-level maneuver.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
https://flightaware.com/resources/registration/N5989Z
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2014 02:01 | Geno | Added |
| 17-Dec-2014 02:20 | Geno | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Dec-2014 17:47 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Source] |
| 17-Dec-2014 20:14 | Geno | Updated [Departure airport, Source] |
| 25-Dec-2014 04:29 | Geno | Updated [Nature, Departure airport, Damage, Narrative] |
| 10-Jan-2015 03:50 | Geno | Updated [Time, Phase, Destination airport, Source] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:28 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 30-Nov-2017 19:43 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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