# Accident 20040715016119A: Cessna A185F, Cut Bank, MT, July 15, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 15, 2004, 11:15 local time
- Place: Cut Bank, MT
- Airport: Cut Bank Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.6084° N, 112.3762° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CUT BANK INTL (CTB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.6084&lon=-112.3762&mi=10
- Aircraft: N185S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N185S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185F (registry code 2072821, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 3,000 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/20040715016119A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 15, 2004, AT APPROXIMATELY 11:15 AM LOCAL TIME, A CESSNA 185, N185S WAS TAKING OFF FROM THE CUT BANK, MONTANA AIRPORT ON RUNWAY 23. APPROXIMATELY 720' DOWN THE RUNWAY, THE AIRCRAFT CROSSED THE CENTER LINE OF THE RUNWAY, AND APPROXIMATELY 900' DOWN THE RUNWAY, THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, NOSED OVER, AND FLIPPED UPSIDE DOWN. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS EXISTED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT AND THE WIND WAS REPORTED BY THE PILOT AND SEVERAL WITNESSES TO BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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