# NTSB SEA70AS030: Cessna 182E, N9208X, Dillon, MT, February 3, 1970

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: February 3, 1970
- Place: Dillon, MT · DILLON, MT
- Location: 45.2181° N, 112.6345° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dillon, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.2181&lon=-112.6345&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report April 8, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 147609
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA70AS030
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA70AS030

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0027   70/2/3  NR.DILLON,MONT        CESSNA 182E         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 56, 443
        TIME - 1910                    N9208X              PX-  1  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 438 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          POCATELLO,ID                MISSOULA,MONT
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - OTHER
           WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS
        WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON
        WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT
        MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED                                     UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED                                     SNOW SHOWERS
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TEMPERATURE-F
          BLOWING SNOW                                              29
        WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES                                   WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS
          280                                                       4
        TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS                               TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          IFR                                                      VFR
        REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE-2/4/7/.LAYERED CLOUDINESS.DARK NITE.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9208X](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9208X-1971-01-04), registration cancelled 1971-01-04, S/N 18253608 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182E
- Registry model: [Cessna 182E](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182e) (registry code 2072712) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

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

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