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This is a real "preliminary" incident report from the National Transportation Safety Board. They're the folks that are best known for figuring out how and why an airliner has crashed, but they investigate all domestic airplane crashes -- 5-10 per day (!), as well as "significant accidents in the other modes of transportation".

Thanks to my buddy Jawn in Washington DC for pointing me to this report on the NTSB web site.

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NTSB Identification: SEA02LA058

Accident occurred Monday, March 25, 2002 at Fort Peck, MT
Aircraft:Piper PA-18, registration: N22EV
Injuries: 2 Serious.

This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed.

On March 25, 2002, about 0730 mountain standard time, a Piper PA-18, N22EV, sustained substantial damage after colliding with terrain near Fort Peck, Montana. The airplane is owned by the pilot, and was being operated as a visual flight rules (VFR) flight under the provisions of Title 14, CFR Part 91. The commercial pilot-in-command and passenger sustained serious injuries. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed.

The pilot was conducting a predator (coyote) control flight over private rangeland near Fort Peck, Montana. During the flight, at a reported altitude of approximately 40 feet above ground level (AGL), the passenger inadvertently discharged a semiautomatic 12-gauge shotgun. The pilot, who was seated in the forward seat, reported that the gun fired 3-4 times, striking the right wing and aileron assembly. He reported that the damage resulted in a loss of aileron and elevator control. The airplane entered a descending turn to the right and subsequently impacted terrain in a nose-low attitude.

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