- Date
- December 31, 1984, 17:00 local (Jan 1, 1985, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Marion, MT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N966KCessna 180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841231070709A
- Case key
- 16619
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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.
Nose over
Terrain condition - snow covered
Unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selectedCause
Judgment - poorCause
Analysis
The acft nosed over onto its back after the plt landed in snow 6 to 8 inches in depth.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N966K
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 31298
- Airframe hours
- 8,765
- Engine
- Continental O-470-J, 265 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Tomahawk Flight Enterprises
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 14, 1984
- Departed
- FCA · Kalispell, MT
- Destination
- Marion, MT
- Airport
- Lost Prairie, runway 34, 4,000 × 50 ft, gravel
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
- 35
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,575 total · 300 in this make and model · 4,290 as pilot in command · 80 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 10 °F, dew point -0 °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.
Other investigations on N966K · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.