Piper PA-11 N5570H

Summary

On 23 December 1988 at about 20:00 local time, a Piper PA-11 registered N5570H, operated by Lemmon, Darrell C., was involved in an accident near Winnett, Montana, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

23 December 1988 at 20:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Winnett, Montana, United States

Nearest airport

Farm Strip (NONE)

Coordinates

47.1093, -108.2199

Aircraft

Piper PA-11

Registration

N5570H

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Lemmon, Darrell C.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Ryegate

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN89LA049

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PILOT WAS TAKING OFF FROM A FARM STRIP WITH A 10 KT HEAD WIND. THE PLT SAID THE SUN WAS SHINING AT THE TIME OF THE ACDT BUT THERE HAD BEEN SNOW SHOWERS IN THE AREA. HE SAID THE LIFTOFF WAS NORMAL BUT AT ABOUT 15 TO 18 FT AGL THE ACFT STALLED AND CRASHED. AFTER THE ACDT THE PLT FOUND A THIN LAYER OF ICE ON THE WINGS. HE SAID THE SUN PROBABLY MELTED SNOW ON THE WINGS, WHILE THE ACFT WAS PARKED, WHICH THEN FROZE DURING THE TAKEOFF. THE TEMP AT THE TIME OF THE ACDT WAS ESTIMATED TO BE 20-25 DEG F. THE PLT REPORTED HE HAD FLOWN 10 HRS IN THE PRECEDING 24.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.