19811223081319A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 152 · Big Timber, MT · December 23, 1981

Date
December 23, 1981 · 11:15 local
Place
Big Timber, MT
Airport
Big Timber
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N5528B
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN81DTA07
Reported as
Cessna 152
Reported engine
Lycoming O235L2C
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
70 total63 in this make and model55 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Severe gusty surface wind and pilot misjudgement resulted in crash landing short of elevated runway.

As the FAA filed it

SEVERE GUSTY SURFACE WIND AND PILOT MISJUDGEMENT RESULTED IN CRASH LANDING SHORT OF ELEVATED RUNWAY.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.