- Date
- July 24, 2004, 16:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Bainville, MT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N92824Cessna 182N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 28, 2004
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA FSDA
- FAA report
- 20040724016149A
- Case key
- 59809
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Probable cause
The NTSB’s determination of the probable cause, and any contributing factors.
The pilot's misjudgment of his airspeed on landing, and his subsequent overrunning of the runway. A contributing factor was the trees.
Analysis
The pilot was landing at a private grass field; he over-flew it twice to check its condition. On final, he was too high. He slipped the airplane to lose altitude, and put down 40 degrees of flaps. He said the airplane floated, and subsequently landed long. He "went off [the] end of the runway, bounced across uneven ground, and hit trees w/right wing." He said the right wing and fuselage were bent, and the engine's fire wall was wrinkled.
Factual narrative
On July 24, 2004, at approximately 1630 mountain daylight time, a Cessna 182N, N92824, was substantially damaged when it landed long, overran the runway, and impacted trees. The private pilot was not injured. The pilot/owner was operating the airplane under Title 14 CFR Part 91. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the cross-country personal flight that originated from Saco, Montana, approximately one hour before the accident. The pilot had not filed a flight plan.
The pilot said he over-flew the private field twice to check its condition. He flew a traffic pattern, and on final realized that he was "high." He slipped the airplane to lose altitude, and put down 40 degrees of flaps. He said the airplane floated, and subsequently landed long. He "went off [the] end of the runway, bounced across uneven ground, and hit trees w/right wing." He said the right wing and fuselage were bent, and the engine's fire wall was wrinkled.
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
- N92824
- Reported as
- Cessna 182N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18260380
- Airframe hours
- 4,740
- Engine
- Continental IO-470, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John M. Ames
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 18, 2004 · 54 hours before
- Departed
- NONE · Saco, MT
- Destination
- NONE · Bainville, MT
- Airport
- NONE · Private, runway Non, 2,000 × 50 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
- 47
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- January 2, 2003
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 550 total · 370 in this make and model · 470 as pilot in command · 33 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.22 inHg
- Observed at
- SDY, 22 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.