- Date
- February 8, 1990, 08:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Haugan, MT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9342TCessna 180C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 30, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900208001799A
- Case key
- 17889
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to maintain directional control during the takeoff attempt. A factor in the accident was the icy, snow covered condition of the takeoff area.
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 pilot landed on the highway the night before due to bad weather conditions encountered en route. He attempted to takeoff on the snow covered highway the next morning. The pilot could not maintain directional control during the ground run and the aircraft collided with a snow bank on the left side of the road, then nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9342T
- Reported as
- Cessna 180C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- Continental O-470-L, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Gregory L. Morris
- Departed
- NONE
- Destination
- S83 · Kellog, ID
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
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Flight hours
- 479 total · 182 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °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 N9342T · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.