# NTSB DEN86LA011: Cessna 182P, Kalispell, MT, October 13, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 12, 1985, 18:30 local (Oct 13, 1985, 00:30 UTC)
- Place: Kalispell, MT
- Location: 48.2162° N, 114.3276° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kalispell, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.2162&lon=-114.3276&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16874
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN86LA011
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16874/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN86LA011

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight encounter with weather, cruise
  - weather condition - downdraft (cause)
  - descent - uncontrolled, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, cruise
  - weather condition - downdraft (cause)

## Analysis

THE PLT STATED THAT WHILE ON A RETURN FLT TO CALGARY, ALBERTA, CANADA, OVER THE MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN OF GLACIER NATIONAL PARK, HE ENCOUNTERED A SEVERE DOWNDRAFT WHICH FORCED THE ACFT TO THE GROUND. THE FLT ORIGINATED AT KAISPELL, MONTANA.

## Aircraft

- Registration: CGSPF (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-S 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Alvin R. Moore
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: S27, KALISPELL, MT
- Destination: YYC, CALGARY, OF
- Flight plan: VFR

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 33; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dusk
- Wind: 220° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 34 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 4,500 ft broken
- Temperature: 45 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: FCA, 40 nm away

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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