# NTSB DEN83LA096: Cessna 182P, N9891E, Ashland, MT, April 14, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 14, 1983, 06:40 local (13:40 UTC)
- Place: Ashland, MT
- Coordinates: 45.450237, -106.21038 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.4502&lon=-106.2104&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16062
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN83LA096
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16062/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN83LA096

## Sequence of events

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

- Abrupt maneuver, takeoff - initial climb
  - object - animal(s) (contributing factor)
  - maneuver - performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - lift-off - premature, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of control - in flight, takeoff - initial climb
  - stall/mush - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- Main gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,main gear strut - overload (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ACFT LIFTED OFF EARLY, STALLED, DROPPED A WING AND CARTWHEELED TO A STOP. THE LEFT MAIN GEAR WAS SHEARED OFF IN THE IMPACT. THE PILOT STATED THAT DURING THE TAKEOFF FROM HIS OWN RANCH AIRSTRIP A HORSE RAN OUT ON THE RWY IN FRONT OF THE ACFT. HE SAID THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH DISTANCE TO ABORT THE TAKEOFF SO HE ROTATED EARLY TO TRY AND FLY OVER THE HORSE, BUT THE ACFT STALLED AND DROPPED BACK TO THE RWY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N9891E (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18263952
- Airframe hours: 262
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-R 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Glen Wash
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, August 24, 1982, 48 hours before
- Destination: 3U4, ASHLAND, MT
- Airport: Wash Ranch, runway 23, 1,600 ×  ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 44; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 5,000 total, 1,100 in this make and model, 1,000 as pilot in command, 40 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 240° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 25 °F, dew point 9 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: MLS, 74 nm away

## 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 19830414014179A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830414014179A), Apr 14, 1983: Cessna 182P, Ashland, MT, Substantial damage. Pilot pulled aircraft off early to avoid a horse that ran on to runway. Missed horse but stalled and crashed.

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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