# Accident 20260408002559A: Cessna T182, Marion, MT, April 8, 2026

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 8, 2026, 15:28 local time
- Place: Marion, MT
- Airport: Lost Prairie
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.0964° N, 114.8529° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.0964&lon=-114.8529&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5475N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5475N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T182 (registry code 2072736, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T182
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 158 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR26LA157](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA157) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260408002559A

## Narrative

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

PILOT 1 STATED:

THE TAKEOFF AND PATTERN ENTRY WAS SMOOTH AND ON TARGET AS WE ENTERED FINAL FOR RUNWAY 32.  THE PLANE WAS CONFIGURED AND ON A STABLE APPROACH FOR LANDING.  I WAS CALLING OUT THE AIRSPEED FOR PILOT 2 WHILE ON SHORT FINAL.  THE PLANE LANDED ON THE MAIN LANDING GEAR AND AS THE NOSE WAS COMING DOWN, I NOTICED WE WERE DIRECTLY ON CENTERLINE.  HOWEVER, IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE NOSE TOUCHED DOWN, THE FRONT END STARTED TO SHAKE/WOBBLE AND THE PLANE STARTED TO VEER TO THE RIGHT.  I INSTINCTIVELY PUSHED THE LEFT RUDDER PEDAL HOWEVER THE PEDAL WAS ALREADY FULL FORWARD AS PILOT 2 HAD ALREADY MADE THE INPUT.  THE PLANE CONTINUED TO VEER TO THE RIGHT.  THE RIGHT MAIN TIRE WENT OFF THE PAVEMENT FIRST AND ONTO THE GRASS FOLLOWED BY THE FRONT TIRE AND THEN THE LEFT. THE RIGHT WING TOUCHED THE GRASS AS THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY IMMEDIATELY SLOPES DOWN AND AWAY FROM THE PAVEMENT, MEANING THE PLANE WAS ON A TILT TO THE RIGHT.  AFTER THE RIGHT WING DRAGGED ALONG THE GRASS EDGE, THE RIGHT MAIN TIRE AND FRONT TIRE ABRUPTLY STOPPED AS BOTH ENTERED THE MUD.

THE PLANE TILTED DOWN AND TO THE RIGHT WITH THE LEFT WING HITTING THE GROUND.  WE CAME TO REST WITH THE PLANE AT AN APPROXIMATE 45-DEGREE ANGLE NOSE DOWN.

## 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 WPR26LA157](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA157), Apr 8, 2026: Cessna T182 (N5475N), Marion, MT, substantial damage, investigation ongoing

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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