# Incident 20100930047439I: Cessna 182, Bigfork, MT, September 30, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 2010, 23:30 local time
- Place: Bigfork, MT
- Airport: Ferndale
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.0605° N, 114.0012° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FERNDALE AIRFIELD (53U), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.0605&lon=-114.0012&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6422A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6422A) (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 MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,250 total, 600 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100930047439I

## Narrative

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

ON SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 30, AT APPROXIMATELY 6:30PM  MT, MR. CLAYTON COLBY  PRIVATE PILOT FAA CERTIFICATE NUMBER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WHILE PILOT IN COMMAND OF  1956 CESSNA 182 N6422A. MR. COLBY STATES THAT AS LANDED ON GRASS LAND STRIP ON  RUNWAY 15 AT THE FERNDALE AIRPORT (53U). MR. COLBY INDICATED THAT HE WAS TURNING OFF THE ACTIVE RUNWAY TO TAXI TO HIS HANGER AS HE WAS TURNING THE AIRPLANE TO THE LEFT TO THE ENTRY TO HIS HANGER AS THE AIRPLANE PROPELLER STRUCK A "NO VEHICLES ON AIRPORT SIGNED" MR. COLBY'S ADMITTED THAT WHILE HE WAS TURNING HIS AIRPLANE THE SUN INTERFERED WITH HIS VISION AND COULD NOT SEE THE SIGNED ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE AIRPLANE

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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