- Date
- May 18, 1989, 19:05 local (May 19, 1989, 01:05 UTC)
- Place
- Miles City, MT
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N2774FCessna 182J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 12, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890518015099A
- Case key
- 17710
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper decision to land and attempt to taxi at an airport where strong winds would not permit safe ground handling of the aircraft.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt called the fss on the airport for an advisory when the flt was 8 mi from the field. The advisory included info that the wind was from 300 deg with gust to 53 KTS. The flt landed on rwy 30, and was taxiing to the ramp when a gust of wind lifted the tail and the acft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2774F
- Reported as
- Cessna 182J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 182-56874
- Airframe hours
- 3,850
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- 170 Flying Club
- Registered owner
- I70 Flying Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 24, 1988 · 83 hours before
- Departed
- GDV · Glendive, MT
- Destination
- MLS
- Airport
- MLS · Miles City, runway 30, 5,602 × 100 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
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 609 total · 20 in this make and model · 571 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days · 14 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 45 knots, gusting 60
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MLS
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 N2774F · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.