# NTSB DEN82FTI11: Cessna TR182, N4681T, Livingstone, MT, March 8, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Final report
- Date: March 8, 1982, 08:15 local (15:15 UTC)
- Place: Livingstone, MT
- Coordinates: 45.69992, -110.52909 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6999&lon=-110.5291&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report March 8, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71458
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN82FTI11
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71458/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN82FTI11

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with terrain/water, cruise
  - weather condition - high density altitude (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - low ceiling (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - fog (contributing factor)
  - vfr flight into imc - continued, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PLANE CRASHED ABOUT SIX MILES WEST OF LIVINGSTON, MONTANA. IT WAS FOUND TO HAVE STRUCK ABOUT 50 FT BELOW A 5300 FT RIDGE, WHILE IN A 20 DEGREE CLIMB ATTITUDE. THE WEATHER AT LIVINGSTON WAS: 900 FT BROKEN, 2500 FT OVERCAST, VISIBILITY 10 MILES, WIND VELOCITY 12 KNOTS, MOUNTAINS TO THE WEST OBSCURED. JUST PRIOR TO THE CRASH, A WITNESS OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT FLYING BELOW THE CLOUD COVER AT ABOUT 300 TO 400 FT AGL. HE LOST SITE OF THE PLANE, BUT HEARD IT TURN. SUBSEQUENTLY, HE HEARD A CRASH AND THE END OF THE ENGINE SOUND. PROPELLER STRIKE MARKS WERE FOUND JUST PRIOR TO THE PRINCIPAL IMPACT POINT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4681T](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4681T-1984-11-14), registration cancelled 1984-11-14, S/N R18201732, built 1981 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TR182
- Registry model: [Cessna TR182](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tr182) (registry code 2072735) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: R18201732
- Airframe hours: 140
- Engines: LYCOMING O-540-L3C5D 235 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Larry Bill Johnston
- Registered owner: Wayne M Waggoner
- Departed: BILLINGS, MT
- Destination: BELGRADE, MT

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 42; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 7,958 total, 42 in this make and model, 39 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Day
- Wind: 8° at 10 knots
- Temperature: 63 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: BIL

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820308002689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820308002689A), Mar 8, 1982: Cessna TR182, Livingston, MT, Destroyed. Aircraft crashed into fog-shrouded mountain when pilot attmepted a 180 degree turn.

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.

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