# Accident 20110905021409A: Cessna 182D, Roundup, MT, September 5, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 2011, 07:15 local time
- Place: Roundup, MT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.7728° N, 108.9797° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.7728&lon=-108.9797&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8772X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8772X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180D (registry code 2072610, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470R (registry code 17071, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182D
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 200 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR11CA439](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11CA439) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110905021409A

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 5, 2011 AT APROX 0715 AM, A CESSNA 182D, N8772X BEING FLOWN BY A ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON A DIRT ROAD APROX. 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF ROUNDUP, MONTANA. THE PILOT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, STATED THAT HE FLEW THE AIRCRAFT AROUND THE ROAD AND SAW SOME COWS STANDING AGAINST A FENCE.THE PILOT STARTED TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT AND STARTED HIS FLARE WHEN HE PULLED UP TO MISS A COW THAT WALKED ON THE ROAD.THE LEFT TIRE GLANCED OFF OF THE COW AND THAT PUT THE AIRCRAFT INTO A HARD LEFT YAW. THE PILOT PUT FULL POWER TO THE AIRCRAFT AND APPLIED LEFT RUDDER TO STRAIGHTEN THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT HIT HARD AND BOUNCED THE AIRCRAFT BACK UP IN THE AIR. THE AIRCRAFT HAD NO AIRSPEED AND WAS IN A STALL. THE PILOT DECIDED THAT THERE WASN'T VERY MUCH RUNWAY LEFT SO HE DECIDED TO PUT THE AIRCRAFT DOWN. THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON THE ROAD BUT HE RAN OUT OF ROAD AND WENT OVER A HILL AND THREW A FENCE AND CAME TO A STOP. DAMAGE TO THE LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER  AIRCRAFT IS SUBSTANUAL THE PROPELLER RECEIVED A SMALL DENT ON THE PROBABLY DUE TO HITTING THE BARB WIRE. THE ENGINE FIRE FIREWALL RECEIVED DAMAGE

## 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 WPR11CA439](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11CA439), Sep 5, 2011: Cessna 182D (N8772X), Roundup, MT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from an obstacle during the landing flare.

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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