# Accident 20190805015499A: Cessna 182L, Wolf Point, MT, August 5, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 2019, 15:45 local time
- Place: Wolf Point, MT
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.4358° N, 105.7608° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.4358&lon=-105.7608&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3469R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3469R-2021-03-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182L (registry code 2072726, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182L
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 275 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR19FA209](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR19FA209) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190805015499A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN A FIELD WITH TWO OCCUPANTS ON BOARD. BOTH OCCUPANTS WERE KILLED UPON IMPACT. POST-CRASH FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED BY LOCAL FARMER WITH WATER TRUCK.

PILOT HAD BEEN CONTRACTED BY FARMER TO BUILD A SILO AND WAS SCOUTING THE AREA FROM THE AIR WITH AN EMPLOYEE ON BOARD.

PILOT HAD ARRANGED WITH FARMER TO LAND ON DIRT ROAD. TWO WITNESSES WORKING IN THE FIELD SAW THE AIRCRAFT APPROACHING LOW ALTITUDE THEN DISAPPEARED BEHIND A HILL BEFORE HEARING THE 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 WPR19FA209](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR19FA209), Aug 5, 2019: Cessna 182 (N3469R), Wolf Point, MT, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack while maneuvering to land, which resulted in an accelerated aerodynamic stall and subsequent loss of control.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.