# Accident 20131019020629A: Cessna 180, Butte, MT, October 19, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 19, 2013, 13:00 local time
- Place: Butte, MT
- Airport: Butte
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.0038° N, 112.5347° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Butte, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.0038&lon=-112.5347&mi=10
- Aircraft: N156JM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N156JM) (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: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 96 total, 37 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131019020629A

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 19, 2013, AT 1300 MT, A CESSNA 180, N156JM, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PILOT WAS LANDING AT BUTTE, MT (BTM) ON RUNWAY 33 ON A PART 91 PLEASURE FLIGHT.  DURING THE ROLL OUT A GUST OF WIND GROUND LOOPED THE AIRCRAFT, SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGING THE OUTBOARD 3 FEET OF THE RIGHT WING AND AILERON AND THE RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER AND ELEVATOR. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN MISSOULA, MT ON THE SAME DAY OF THE ACCIDENT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED BY THE PILOT OR THE 3 PASSENGERS ONBOARD.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N156JM (1)

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

- [Accident 20141002017489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141002017489A), Oct 2, 2014: Cessna 180 (N156JM), Marion, MT, Substantial damage. Pilot stated that he bounced on landing and believes he pushed on the left rudder pedal actuating the brake and deflecting the rudder.

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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