# NTSB DEN84LA268: Cessna 182Q, N759LD, Billings, MT, August 27, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 27, 1984, 12:28 local (18:28 UTC)
- Place: Billings, MT
- Coordinates: 45.799293, -108.659553 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.7993&lon=-108.6596&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16469
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN84LA268
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16469/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN84LA268

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - inadequate initial training, pilot in command(cfi) (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - lack of total experience in type operation, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N759LD), registered now, S/N 18266071 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q
- Registry model: [Cessna 182Q](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q) (registry code 2072732) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18266071
- Airframe hours: 2073
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 49; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840827043679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840827043679A), Aug 27, 1984: Cessna 182Q, Billings, MT, Substantial damage. Wind picked up wing on landing. Lost control, veered off the runway and flipped over. Lack of pilot skill a factor.

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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