# Accident 20081221852509A: Cessna 180C, Great Falls, MT, December 21, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 21, 2008, 10:30 local time
- Place: Great Falls, MT
- Airport: Great Falls International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.4823° N, 111.3703° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GREAT FALLS INTL (GTF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4823&lon=-111.3703&mi=10
- Aircraft: CFIWA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,300 total, 100 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081221852509A

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 21, 2008, A CANADIAN REGISTERED CESSNA 180C, C-FIWA, DEPARTED OUTLOOK, SASKATCHEWAN, ENROUTE TO MESA, ARIZONA WITH A PLANNED FUEL AND CUSTOMS STOP IN GREAT FALLS, MONTANA. UPON LANDING ON RUNWAY 21, THE PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND GROUNDLOOPED THE AIRCRAFT. DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED TO THE LEFT WING AND THE LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER/ELEVATOR. THE LANDING GEAR, ENGINE AND PROPELLER WERE NOT DAMAGED SO THE PILOT CONTINUED TO TAXI TO CUSTOMS AND DECLINED ASSISTANCE OFFERED BY THE GREAT FALLS CONTROL TOWER. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND THE WIND WAS DOWN THE RUNWAY AT 3 KNOTS. A VFR FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. THE PILOT WAS THE ONLY PERSON ON BOARD AND WAS NOT INJURED.

## 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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