# NTSB DEN85LA193: Cessna 182P, N6375F, Missoula, MT, July 22, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 22, 1985, 13:33 local (19:33 UTC)
- Place: Missoula, MT
- Location: 46.9163° N, 114.0906° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MISSOULA MONTANA (MSO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.9163&lon=-114.0906&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16728
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN85LA193
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16728/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN85LA193

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of familiarity with aircraft, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - not corrected, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6375F-1989-03-06), registration cancelled 1989-03-06, S/N 18264179 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- Registry model: [Cessna 182P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (registry code 2075816) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18264179
- Airframe hours: 919
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 44; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19850722036399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850722036399A), Jul 22, 1985: Cessna 182P, Missoula, MT, Substantial damage. During crosswind landing practice to satisfy insurance requirements, aircraft veered off side of runway, nosed over

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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