# NTSB SEA04CA142: Cessna 182N, N92824, Bainville, MT, July 24, 2004

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: July 24, 2004, 16:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place: Bainville, MT
- Coordinates: 48.077777, -104.194999
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.0778&lon=-104.1950&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 28, 2004
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: FAA FSDA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 59809
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA04CA142
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/59809/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA04CA142

## Probable cause

The pilot's misjudgment of his airspeed on landing, and his subsequent overrunning of the runway.  A contributing factor was the trees.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - distance/speed - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)

## 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.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N92824](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N92824), registered now, S/N 18260380, built 1970 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 182N
- Registry model: [Cessna 182N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182n) (registry code 2072730) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18260380
- Airframe hours: 4740
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 47; injuries: none; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20040724016149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040724016149A), Jul 24, 2004: Cessna 182N, Bainville, MT, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot states landing was first time at Private airstrip. He circled twice, made a high fast approach landing long. By the time he realized he wouldn't be…

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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