# NTSB DEN86LA178: Cessna 182F, N2BC, Joliet, MT, June 28, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 28, 1986, 13:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place: Joliet, MT
- Coordinates: 45.479766, -108.98954 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.4798&lon=-108.9895&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): 16994
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN86LA178
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16994/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN86LA178

## Sequence of events

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

- Abrupt maneuver, landing - roll
  - object - animal(s) (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ground
  - ground loop/swerve - intentional, pilot in command (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2BC-2013-02-21), registration cancelled 2013-02-21, S/N 18255050, built 1963 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182F
- Registry model: [Cessna 182F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182f) (registry code 2072714) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18255050
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-R 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Wallace W. Blain
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 58; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860628028249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860628028249A), Jun 28, 1986: Cessna 182F, Joliet, MT, Substantial damage. On the landing roll, intentionally tried to ground loop to avoid horses that ran onto the Private strip.

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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