# Accident 19970607013639A: Cessna 182C, Hardin, MT, June 7, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 7, 1997, 06:02 local time
- Place: Hardin, MT
- Airport: Fairgrounds Airpark Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.6991° N, 107.6901° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6991&lon=-107.6901&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8522T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8522T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182C (registry code 2072708, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182C
- Reported engine: CONT O470L
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 185 total, 36 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA97LA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA97LA131) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970607013639A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT WAS BLINDED BY SUN ON SHORT FINAL TO RUNWAY, LANDED SHORT, CONTINUED ONTO RUNWAY AND FLIPPED OVER. (.4)THE STUDENT PILOT TURNED ONTO FINAL APPROACH FOR RUNWAY 4 JUST AFTER 0600 HOURS AND FOUND THAT HIS APPROACH WAS DIRECTLY INTO THE EARLY MORNING SUNRISE. HE REPORTED THAT HE 'COULD NO LONGER SEE (HIS) INSTRUMENT PANEL OR THE RUNWAY.'  HE SAID HE THEN 'ADDED POWER TO GO AROUND' AND THAT 'THE NEXT THING WAS THE SOUND OF THE AIRPLANE HITTING THE GROUND.'  THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE WAITED TOO LONG TO ABORT THE LANDING. THE SUN'S ANGLE OF ELEVATION WAS DETERMINED TO BE 5.23 DEGREES ABOVE THE HORIZON, AND THE ANGLE OF AZIMUTH WAS DETERMINED TO BE 48.41 DEGREES MAGNETIC.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB SEA97LA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA97LA131), Jun 7, 1997: Cessna 182C (N8522T), Hardin, MT, substantial damage. Probable cause: the student's delay in initiating a go-around. A factor relating to the accident was: the sunglare.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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