- Date
- July 22, 1985, 13:33 local (19:33 UTC)
- Place
- Missoula, MT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6375FCessna 182P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850722036399A
- Case key
- 16728
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Lack of familiarity with aircraftCause
Ground loop/swerve - not correctedCause
Nose over
Terrain condition - soft
Analysis
The pilot lost directional control during the touchdown phase of landing. The aircraft was substantially damaged when it veered off the runway and nosed over in the soft dirt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6375F
- Reported as
- Cessna 182P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18264179
- Airframe hours
- 919
- Engine
- Continental O-470-L, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Bruno A. Friia
- Registered owner
- Crown Beverage Co.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- MSO · Missoula, MT
- Airport
- MSO · Missoula Co., runway 29, 9,500 × 150 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
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 69 total · 10 in this make and model · 39 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 22,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MSO
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.