# Accident 20200708009569A: Cessna 182P, Absarokee, MT, July 8, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 2020, 10:30 local time
- Place: Absarokee, MT
- Airport: Redmon Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.4992° N, 109.4353° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.4992&lon=-109.4353&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7726M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7726M-2021-10-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182P (registry code 2075816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470-S (registry code 17375, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470-S
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 9 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR20CA217](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20CA217) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200708009569A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT WAS FLYING SOLO PRACTICE FLIGHT. ON ARRIVAL TO PRIVATE GRASS STRIP HE ENCOUNTERED A QUARTERING TAILWIND. PILOT ATTEMPTED TO ABORT LANDING WHILE IN GROUND EFFECT. COMBINATION OF FULL POWER AND NOSE UP ATTITUDE LED TO STALL CLOSE TO THE GROUND. AIRCRAFT VEERED LEFT AND STRUCK THE GROUND WITH THE WINGTIP THEN FLIPPED ONTO IT'S BACK. NO INJURIES. SUBSTANTIAL 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 WPR20CA217](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20CA217), Jul 8, 2020: Cessna 182 (N7726M), Absarokee, MT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airplane control during a go-around that resulted in the airplane exceeding its critical angle of attack and aerodynamically stalling which resulted in a collision…

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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