# Accident 19791002024849A: Cessna 182C, Lewistown, ID, October 2, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 2, 1979, 19:00 local time
- Place: Lewistown, ID
- Airport: Spaulding
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N8489T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8489T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182C (registry code 2072708, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182C
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 641 total, 12 in this make and model, 136 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA80FYP01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA80FYP01) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791002024849A

## Narrative

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

PRIOR TO BOARDING, 2 INTENDED PASSENGERS AIDED IN TURNING AIRCRAFT ON RUNWAY. ONE WALKED INTO IDLING PROPELLER.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB SEA80FYP01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA80FYP01), Oct 2, 1979: Cessna 182C (N8489T), Lewiston, ID, no damage

## Other reports on N8489T (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19730213002419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730213002419A), Feb 13, 1973: Cessna 182C (N8489T), Brigham City, UT, Substantial damage. Large helicopters in pattern. Wind calm.

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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