# Accident 19980629015259A: Cessna 182P, Chico Hot Sprin, MT, June 29, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 29, 1998, 17:45 local time
- Place: Chico Hot Sprin, MT
- Airport: Chico Hot Springs
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.2798° N, 110.8590° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.2798&lon=-110.8590&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1878M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1878M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182P (registry code 2075816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- Reported engine: CONT O470S
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,024 total, 658 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA98LA114](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA98LA114) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980629015259A

## Narrative

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

LANDING ON UNPAVED ROAD DOWNWIND LIGHT GUSTS. BALLOONED. LOST CONTROL EXITED RUNWAY. HIT DITCH AND A FENCE. (.4)JUST BEFORE TOUCHDOWN IN GUSTY CROSSWIND CONDITIONS, THE AIRCRAFT FLEW PAST A HILL THAT BLOCKED MOST OF THE CROSSWIND. AT THAT POINT, THE AIRCRAFT STARTED DRIFTING TOWARD THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, AND THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO GET THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO THE CENTER OF THE RUNWAY PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN. JUST AFTER TOUCHDOWN, THE LEFT MAIN GEAR SLIPPED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY INTO TALL WEEDS. SOON THEREAFTER, THE AIRCRAFT EXITED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, AND BEFORE THE PILOT COULD GET IT STOPPED, THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED A FENCE.                                                             (-23)PILOT STATED HW WAS LANDING WITH A SLIGHT TAIL WIND, APPROXIMATELY 5 KNOTS, WITH GUST.  WHELLS TOUCHED ON RIGHT SIDE OF RUNWAY AND AT THAT TIME A GUST CAUGHT THE AIRPLANE AND BECAME AIR BORN AGAIN.  HE OVER CORRECTED AND LANDED ON LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY, WENT INTO DITCH AND TANGLE INTO FENCE.  OPERATION WAS ON A PRIVATE UNPAVED ROAD.

## 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 SEA98LA114](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA98LA114), Jun 29, 1998: Cessna 182P (N1878M), Chico Hot Spgs., MT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate remedial action while attempting to compensate for a change in crosswind velocity. Factors include a crosswind, hills near the runway, and high vegetation (weeds) near the…

## Other reports on N1878M (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19800930072079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800930072079I), Sep 30, 1980: Cessna 182P (N1878M), Sacramento, CA. Engine roughness after loud bang from engine compartment. Engine quit with power reduction.

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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