# Accident 20080510835609A: Cessna 172, Big Timber, MT, May 10, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 2008, 17:30 local time
- Place: Big Timber, MT
- Airport: Big Timber
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.8067° N, 109.9817° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8067&lon=-109.9817&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8103E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8103E-2011-04-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Reported engine: CONT O300*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 81 total, 81 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA08CA132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08CA132) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080510835609A

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 10, AT 1730, A CESSNA 172, N8103E, REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ COLLIDED WITH THE WIND SOCK DURING LANDING AT BIG TIMBER AIRPORT, BIG TIMBER, MONTANA, WHILE RETURNING FROM FLIGHT INSTRUCTION.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED BUT THE STUDENT PILOT WAS NOT SERIOUSLY INJURED.  THE RETURN FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT A PRIVATE AIR STRIP MT48 OUTSIDE EMIGRANT MONTANA ON MAY 10, 2008, AT APPROXIMATELY 1700 MST.

## 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 SEA08CA132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08CA132), May 10, 2008: Cessna 172 (N8103E), Big Timber, MT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain an adequate airspeed during landing which resulted in a stall.

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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