# NTSB MKC80FTG07: Cessna 182RG, N756BF, Minot, ND, March 1, 1980

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: March 1, 1980
- Place: Minot, ND · MINOT, ND
- Location: 48.2361° N, 101.2776° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Minot, ND, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.2361&lon=-101.2776&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 5 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 26, 1980
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 131449
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC80FTG07
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC80FTG07

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1328   80/3/1    MINOT,ND            CESSNA 182RG        CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 30, 114
        TIME - 2010                    N756BF              PX-  0  0  4  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 17 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MINOT INTL
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          WILLISTON,ND                WATFORD CITY,ND
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
           COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK                                  LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS
        FACTOR(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW WINDROWS
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT
        REMARKS- AFTER BCMG DISORIENTED AT NGT,SAW MOT INTL ARPT,LNDD W 15KT,QTRG TAIL WND.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N756BF](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N756BF-1981-12-17), registration cancelled 1981-12-17, S/N R18201029 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182RG
- Registry model: [Cessna TR182](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tr182) (registry code 2072735) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Minot Intl

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19800301005019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800301005019A), Mar 1, 1980: Cessna R182, Minot, ND, Substantial damage. Landed cross downwind on inactive runway. Veered off runway into a snowbank. Failed to ascertain proper runway.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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