19851214062189A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 206CESSNA · Hardin, MT · December 14, 1985

Date
December 14, 1985 · 08:30 local
Place
Hardin, MT
Airport
Jip Creek
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N5173U
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN86LA046
Reported as
Cessna 206CESSNA
Reported engine
Continental IO520A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
970 total3 in this make and model36 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.

During takeoff roll, struck a snowbank on the runway, veered off the side, down a slope into deep snow.

As the FAA filed it

DURING TAKEOFF ROLL, STRUCK A SNOWBANK ON THE RUNWAY, VEERED OFF THE SIDE, DOWN A SLOPE INTO DEEP SNOW.

NTSB investigation

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