# Accident 20130726014499A: Cessna 180, Helena, MT, July 26, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 26, 2013, 10:45 local time
- Place: Helena, MT
- Airport: Schafer /Usfs/
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.0875° N, 113.2508° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.0875&lon=-113.2508&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9286C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9286C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180 (registry code 2072602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 5,500 total, 200 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR13CA352](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13CA352) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130726014499A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 26, 2013, AT 10:45 MDT A CESSNA 180, N9286C, REGISTERED TO QUEEN CITY FLYING LLC, PILOTED BY A COMMERCIAL PILOT, MADE CONTACT WITH THE LEFT WING TIP TO THE GROUND AT THE BACK COUNTRY AIRSTRIP, SCHAFER MEADOWS (8U2) ON ROLL OUT AFTER LANDING WHILE ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME.

THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED BUT NEITHER THE PILOT NOR THE PASSENGER WERE INJURED.

THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT HELENA REGIONAL AIRPORT (HLN) AT 07:54 MDT

## 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 WPR13CA352](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13CA352), Jul 26, 2013: Cessna 180J (N9286C), Hungry Horse, MT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll, which resulted in a ground loop.

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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