# Accident 20090404003359A: Cessna 182, Kalispell, MT, April 4, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 4, 2009, 15:21 local time
- Place: Kalispell, MT
- Airport: Carson Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.3106° N, 114.2564° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.3106&lon=-114.2564&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6433A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6433A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182 (registry code 2072702, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Reported engine: CONT O470S
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 894 total, 366 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR09LA179](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09LA179) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090404003359A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APRIL 4, 2009, AT 1521 MOUNTAIN TIME, A CESSNA 182, N6433A, REGISTERED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, FLIPPED OVER IN A FIELD AFTER THE ENGINE FAILED WHILE EXECUTING A GO-AROUND AT CARSON FIELD, NEAR MARION, MONTANA, WHILE DOING A LOW PASS TO OBSERVE RUNWAY CONDITIONS IN PREPARATION FOR AN EMERGENCY LANDING DUE TO THE IN FLIGHT SEPARATION OF THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE COMMERCIAL PILOT WAS UNINJURED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE KALISPELL CITY AIRPORT, IN KALISPELL, MONTANA, ON APRIL 4, 2009, AT 1330 MOUNTAIN TIME.

## 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 WPR09LA179](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09LA179), Apr 4, 2009: Cessna 182 (N6433A), Kalispell, MT, substantial damage. Probable cause: A partial loss of engine power during a go-around for undetermined reasons. Contributing to the accident was a fatigue failure of the right main landing gear spring.

## Other reports on N6433A (1)

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

- [Incident 19880911049189I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880911049189I), Sep 11, 1988: Cessna 182 (N6433A), Lugoff, SC, 1 fatal. Chutist exited normally. Impacted ground without chute open. No evidence of failure. Estimate activation 100 ft AGL

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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