46.5955° N, 112.0187° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Helena, MT, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
August 30, 1982 · 13:45 local
Place
Helena, MT
Airport
Private
Phase of flight
Go Round (Aborted VFR)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
CGSPV
Reported as
Beech A2319
Reported engine
Lycoming O320E2C
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,825 total953 in this make and model69 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Pilot misjudged landing on downhill slope of Private airstrip and aircraft crashed during go-around attempt.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT MISJUDGED LANDING ON DOWNHILL SLOPE OF PRIVATE AIRSTRIP AND AIRCRAFT CRASHED DURING GO-AROUND ATTEMPT.