- Date
- January 19, 1972
- Place
- Kalispell, MT · KALISPELL, MT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6185ECessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165239
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0281 72/1/19 KALISPELL,MONT CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 441 TIME - 1515 N6185E PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 380 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GLACIER PARK INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KALISPELL,MONT LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WHITEOUT REMARKS- PRACTICE SHORT FLD LDG,HIT 4FT SNW BNK 45FT SHORT OF RWY,LNDD,NS GR COLLAPSED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6185E
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Glacier Park Intl
N6185ERegistration cancelled Apr 26, 2013 · Cessna 172Airframe modelCessna 172Engine modelContinental 0-300 series
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Other investigations on N6185E · 1
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