- Date
- August 27, 1984, 12:28 local (18:28 UTC)
- Place
- Billings, MT
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N759LDCessna 182Q
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840827043679A
- Case key
- 16469
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot was landing with a 30 degree left crosswind of 15 knots, gusting to 27 knots. On touchdown, the acft veered off the runway and nosed over. The pilot cited more crosswind training and practice as preventative actions.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N759LD
- Reported as
- Cessna 182Q
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18266071
- Airframe hours
- 2,073
- Engine
- Continental O-470U, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Bobby Ray Mills
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 8S1 · Polson, MT
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- BIL · Billings, runway 27L, 3,800 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 175 total · 175 in this make and model · 25 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 15 knots, gusting 27
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 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.