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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 182Q · Townsend, MT · May 14, 1983

Date
May 14, 1983 · 18:30 local
Place
Townsend, MT
Phase of flight
To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N759LW
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN83LA113
Reported as
Cessna 182Q
Reported engine
Continental O470U
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
161 total59 in this make and model37 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 aborted downhill downwind takeoff and aircraft flipped inverted in soft turf off end of runway.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT ABORTED DOWNHILL DOWNWIND TAKEOFF AND AIRCRAFT FLIPPED INVERTED IN SOFT TURF OFF END OF 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.