# Incident 20040613018119I: Cessna A188A, Roundup, MT, June 13, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 13, 2004, 10:30 local time
- Place: Roundup, MT
- Airport: Roundup Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: MQIG
- Location: 46.4750° N, 108.5434° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ROUNDUP (RPX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.4750&lon=-108.5434&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9958G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9958G-2013-05-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A188A (registry code 2073008, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A188A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 25,000 total, 5,000 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040613018119I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 13, 2004, A CESSNA 188A, N9958G, OWNED AND OPERATED BY MR. CHARLES ORVILLE MOORE, MADE A TAKE-OFF FROM A ROAD IN THE MELSTON, MONTANA AREA. THERE WAS A QUARTERING TAILWIND. JUST BEFORE LIFT-OFF, A GUST WIND SLAMMED THE AIRCRAFT BACK DOWN ON THE ROAD CAUSING THE RIGHT MAIN SPRING GEAR ATTACHMENT BOLT TO FAIL. THIS CAUSED THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR TO PIVOT 90 DEGREES IN FRONT OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE OPERATOR CONTINUED TO TAKE-OFF, AND BECAME AIRBORNE. HE RECEIVED VERIFICATION FROM HIS GROUND CREW THAT THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR WAS SIDEWAYS. THE OPERATOR DECIDED TO FLY TO ROUNDUP AIRPORT (RPX) AND ATTEMPT A LANDING. THE LOCAL SHERIFF, FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS WERE CALLED OUT. MR. MOORE LANDED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INCIDENT, WITH MINOR DAMAGE TO THE SKIN BETWEEN THE MAIN LANDING GEAR. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

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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