- Date
- May 14, 1983, 18:30 local (May 15, 1983, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Townsend, MT
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N759LWCessna 182Q
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830514022949A
- Case key
- 16076
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft nosed over in a plowed field off the end of the rwy during an attempted aborted takeoff. The acft had departed one arpt and landed again at a private strip to onload a passenger clothes bag. The landing was uphill into the wind. There was no windsock at this strip. The pilot debated while waiting whether to takeoff downhill or to takeoff uphill. The wind seemed to die so a downhill takeoff was chosen. The wind velocity rose as the takeoff progressed. The pilot said his a/s was only 40 mph at 2/3 of the way down the rwy. When there was only 100-150 of rwy left he decided to abort. The acft went into the plowed field and nosed over in the soft dirt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N759LW
- Reported as
- Cessna 182Q
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18266088
- Airframe hours
- 614
- Engine
- Continental O-470U, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gallatin Embryonics P.C.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · May 1, 1982
- Departed
- BZN · Bozeman, MT
- Destination
- BTL · Billings, MT
- Airport
- Pvt Airstrip, runway 36, 2,500 × ft, grass/turf
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 34
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 161 total · 59 in this make and model · 90 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 10 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.