# NTSB SEA06CA155: Cessna 180H, N7955V, Belgrade, MT, August 3, 2006

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: August 2, 2006, 19:15 local (Aug 3, 2006, 01:15 UTC)
- Place: Belgrade, MT
- Coordinates: 45.7775, -111.153053
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.7775&lon=-111.1531&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 29, 2006
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 64287
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA06CA155
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/64287/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA06CA155

## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control while landing.

## Analysis

The student pilot reported that he was practicing landings on runway 30.  He reported that shortly after touchdown (three-point landing) the airplane "suddenly drifted left" as he turned from the runway to the taxiway.  The pilot reported that while correcting for the situation, the airplane's left wing tip contacted the runway surface.  No preaccident mechanical anomalies were reported.

## Factual narrative

On August 2, 2006, about 1915 mountain daylight time, a Cessna 180H airplane, N7955V, sustained substantial damage while landing at the Gallatin Field Airport, Belgrade, Montana.  The airplane was being operated as a visual flight rules (VFR) local area flight under Title 14 CFR Part 91 when the accident occurred.  The solo student pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed.

The student pilot reported that he was practicing landings on runway 30.  He reported that shortly after touchdown (three-point landing) the airplane "suddenly drifted left" as he turned from the runway to the taxiway.  The pilot reported that while correcting for the situation, the airplane's left wing tip contacted the runway surface.

No preaccident mechanical anomalies were reported.

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - runway

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7955V](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7955V), registered now, S/N 18051855, built 1967 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 180H
- Registry model: [Cessna 180H](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180h) (registry code 2072618) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18051855
- Engines: Continental O-470R reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 91
- Operator: Mack Marketing Inc
- Registered owner: Mack Marketing Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: BZN, Belgrade, MT
- Destination: BZN, Belgrade, MT
- Airport: BZN, Bozeman/Gallatin Field, runway 30, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 47; injuries: none; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3; flight hours: 82 total, 49 in this make and model, 46 in the last 90 days, 15 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day

## 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 20060802015949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060802015949A), Aug 2, 2006: Cessna 180H, Bozeman, MT, Substantial damage. (-23) Student pilot, on a solo flight, was practicing touch-and-go landings to runway 30 at Gallatin field (kbzn), Bozeman, Montana. On the second landing, the…

## Other investigations on N7955V (3)

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.

- [NTSB ERA20CA224](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20CA224), Jun 22, 2020: Cessna 180 (N7955V), Burlington, VT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing roll in crosswind conditions.
- [NTSB CHI92LA205](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI92LA205), Jul 12, 1992: Cessna 180H (N7955V), Blaine, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S INADVERTENT ACTIVATION OF WHEEL BRAKES.
- [NTSB NYC81FNC01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC81FNC01), Nov 11, 1981: Cessna 180 (N7955V), Millinocket, ME, destroyed

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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