- Date
- June 28, 1986, 13:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Joliet, MT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2BCCessna 182F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860628028249A
- Case key
- 16994
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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.
Abrupt maneuver
Object - animal(s)Cause
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - ground
Ground loop/swerve - intentionalFactor
Analysis
According to the plt, horses ran in front of him during landing and he was forced to make evasive maneuvers. During the evasive maneuvers, the acft ground looped and was substantially damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2BC
- Reported as
- Cessna 182F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18255050
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Wallace W. Blain
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
N2BCRegistration cancelled Feb 21, 2013 · Cessna 182FAirframe modelCessna 182FEngine modelContinental O-470 series
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
- 58
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 10,000 total · 500 in this make and model · 45 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 25° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BIL, 25 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.