# NTSB SEA72FTI11: Cessna 172, N6185E, Kalispell, MT, January 19, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: January 19, 1972
- Place: Kalispell, MT · KALISPELL, MT
- Location: 48.2162° N, 114.3276° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kalispell, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.2162&lon=-114.3276&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 28, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 165239
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA72FTI11
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA72FTI11

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6185E-2013-04-26), registration cancelled 2013-04-26, S/N 46285, built 1958 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (registry code 2072402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Glacier Park Intl

## Other investigations on N6185E (1)

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 LAX93LA243](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX93LA243), Jun 5, 1993: Cessna 172 (N6185E), Montgomery Pass, NV, destroyed. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S POOR PREFLIGHT PLANNING/PREPARATION AND INTENTIONAL FLIGHT INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS. FACTORS RELATING TO THIS ACCIDENT WERE THE DOWNDRAFT, LOW CEILING, RAIN, OBSCURATION,…

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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