- Date
- October 26, 1988, 19:00 local (Oct 27, 1988, 01:00 UTC)
- Place
- Fort Peck, MT
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7403MCessna 175
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report November 28, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881026048279A
- Case key
- 17633
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Analysis
The plt enctrd hvy snow at night & turned back to find a nearby landing strip that he was familiar with. He recognized a ranch house associated with the strip, but was unable to find the landing area. He began to circle in hopes that someone would turn on the rwy lights. During a turn, the acft crashed on rising terrain when the right wing contacted the ground & the acft cartwheeled.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7403M
- Reported as
- Cessna 175
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 55703
- Airframe hours
- 2,193
- Engine
- Continental GO-300-A, 175 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Richard L. Skyberg
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 25, 1988 · 3 hours before
- Departed
- 4U6 · Circle, MT
- Destination
- GGW · Glasgow, MT
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
- 29
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 261 total · 181 in this make and model · 213 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.