- Date
- June 30, 1987, 08:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Livingston, MT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N70952Cessna 182M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 6, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870630027209A
- Case key
- 17254
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt and an observer were conducting a search and rescue flt near the face of crazy mountain. The plt reported encountering a downdraft and the acft inadvertently stalled. The acft hit trees near the ridge line.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N70952
- Reported as
- Cessna 182M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18259432
- Airframe hours
- 2,800
- Engine
- Continental O-470, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- William C. Morse, doing business as H & S Auto Rentals
- Registered owner
- William C Morse
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 1, 1987 · 210 hours before
- Departed
- BIL · Billings, MT
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 456 total · 456 in this make and model · 396 as pilot in command · 87 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LVM, 15 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.