- Date
- March 14, 1986, 12:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Bozeman, MT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4984QCessna A185F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860314006659A
- Case key
- 16937
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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
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Analysis
According to the plt, shortly after touchdown, the right wing came up and the acft seemed to be pushed to the left. The plt said before he regained control, the left wing and horizontal stabilizer contacted the ground. The plt later learned that a Boeing 767 had been doing landings and may have generated vortices.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4984Q
- Reported as
- Cessna A185F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18503595
- Airframe hours
- 397
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert E. Ebeling
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 22, 1986
- Departed
- Geraldine, MT
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- BZN · Gallatin Fld., runway 12, 9,002 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 320 total · 19 in this make and model · 293 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 43 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BZN
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.