# Accident 19760827026399A: Cessna 185, Ekalaka, MT, August 27, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 27, 1976
- Place: Ekalaka, MT
- Airport: Ekalaka
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 45.8765° N, 104.5376° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EKALAKA (97M), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8765&lon=-104.5376&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9942X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9942X-1977-07-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 185 (registry code 2072802, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-185) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 185
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,850 total, 1,400 in this make and model, 205 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760827026399A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

DARK NIGHT APPROACH

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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