- Date
- August 6, 1972
- Place
- Eureka, MT · EUREKA, MT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9279XCessna 182
- Status
- Completed · report February 22, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167579
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2297 72/8/6 EUREKA,MONT CESSNA 182 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 665 TIME - 1000 N9279X PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 318 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EUREKA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LINCOLN,MONT EUREKA,MONT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN REMARKS- LEFT WG HIT THE GRND.LNDD IN ROUGH FIELD,TOUCHED DOWN SHORT OF USUAL,MORE LEVEL,LDG AREA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9279X
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Eureka
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