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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 182P · Great Falls, MT · April 26, 1988

Date
April 26, 1988 · 19:30 local
Place
Great Falls, MT
Airport
Great Falls International
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N79P
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN88LA102
Reported as
Cessna 182P
Reported engine
Continental O470R
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
174 total103 in this make and model11 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 did not flare aircraft on landing. Passenger tried to correct but plane impacted nose down and caught fire.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT DID NOT FLARE AIRCRAFT ON LANDING. PASSENGER TRIED TO CORRECT BUT PLANE IMPACTED NOSE DOWN AND CAUGHT FIRE.

NTSB investigation

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