# Accident 20240510004509A: Cessna 182H, Three Forks, MT, May 10, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 2024, 10:30 local time
- Place: Three Forks, MT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.8781° N, 111.5694° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8781&lon=-111.5694&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2388X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2388X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182H (registry code 2072718, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182H
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,295 total, 200 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR24LA152](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA152) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240510004509A

## Narrative

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

DURING TAKE-OFFROLL PILOT NOTICED HE LEFT THE CONTROL LOCK IN THE YOKE THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO LIFT-OFF THEN BEGAN TO PORPOISE SEVERAL TIMES.  ON THE LAST DOWNWARD CYCLE THE AIRCRAFT NOSE GEAR DETATCHED THE AIRCAFT UPON IMPACTING GROUND.  AIRCRAFT WENT OFF THE RUNWAY WHERE IT CAME TO REST.

## 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 WPR24LA152](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA152), May 10, 2024: Cessna 182H (N2388X), Three Forks, MT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadequate preflight inspection, which resulted in an attempted departure with the flight control lock device installed, and subsequent nose landing gear collapse.

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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