# Accident 20130406004589A: Cessna 182C, Wolf Point, MT, April 6, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 6, 2013, 11:00 local time
- Place: Wolf Point, MT
- Airport: Na
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.7386° N, 105.9281° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.7386&lon=-105.9281&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8721T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8721T-2018-03-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182C (registry code 2072708, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182C
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 93 total, 26 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR13FA183](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13FA183) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130406004589A

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 6, 2013, AT 1100 MOUNTAIN TIME, A CESSNA 182C, N8721T, REGISTRATION PENDING, COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN 27 MILES NORTHWEST OF CIRCLE, MONTANA.  THE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATED BY A PRIVATE PILOT AS A 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT.  THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED A RANCH STRIP LOCATED 10 MILES EAST OF LUSTRE, MONTANA, AT 1030 MOUNTAIN TIME IN VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS AND WAS DESTINED FOR A PRIVATE STRIP NEAR ACTON, MONTANA. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED OR WEATHER BRIEFING OBTAINED.  THERE WERE NO WITNESSES TO THE ACCIDENT, AND NO REPORTS OF A DISTRESS CALL.  EXAMINATION OF THE WRECKAGE REVEALED DAMAGE AND GROUND SCARS CONSISTENT WITH A HIGH ENERGY VERTICAL IMPACT.

## 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 WPR13FA183](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13FA183), Apr 6, 2013: Cessna 182C (N8721T), Circle, MT, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain airplane control as a result of spatial disorientation. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s decision to continue flight into low visibility conditions.

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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