- Date
- June 3, 1988, 18:00 local (Jun 4, 1988, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Phillipsburg, MT
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N94237Cessna A-185F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880603018239A
- Case key
- 17477
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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
Ground loop/swerve - inadvertentCause
Main gear collapsed
Terrain condition - rough/unevenFactor
Landing gear,main gear attachment - overloadFactor
Aircraft
- Registration
- N94237
- Reported as
- Cessna A-185F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18503294
- Airframe hours
- 1,250
- Engine
- Continental IO-520D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Paul Iverson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 23, 1987 · 87 hours before
- Departed
- 655 · Hamilton, MT
- Destination
- UO5 · Phillipsburg, MT
- Airport
- U05 · Riddick, runway 34, 3,600 × 60 ft, asphalt
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
- 32
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 101 total · 35 in this make and model · 80 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N94237 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.