- Date
- August 7, 1988, 18:00 local (Aug 8, 1988, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Cascade, MT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1509CCessna 180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 3, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880807036439A
- Case key
- 17525
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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.
Analysis
The plt was landing at an unattended airstrip with a 1000' dirt rwy. There was a northerly wind, but due to the sloping rwy terrain, he elected to use rwy 19 & land uphill with a tailwind. The plt rprted that as he was about to flare, the acft pitched down & he pulled back on the yoke & added power. However, the acft impacted on upward sloping rwy & was extensively damaged. The acft then slid about 100' before coming to rest. After exiting the acft, the plt noted strong gusts of wind from the north. He estd the wind was from 010 at 5 gusting 15 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1509C
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 30209
- Airframe hours
- 2,969
- Engine
- Continental O-470-J, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert Borges
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 19, 1988 · 58 hours before
- Departed
- COE · Coeur D'Alene, ID
- Airport
- runway 19, 1,000 × 100 ft, grass/turf
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
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 408 total · 193 in this make and model · 74 in the last 90 days · 57 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 5 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
- Observed at
- GTF
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.