- Date
- May 5, 1974
- Place
- Ekalaka, MT · EKALAKA, MT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6244ACessna 182
- Status
- Completed · report June 14, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740505010359A
- Case key
- 124258
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1355 74/5/5 EKALAKA,MONT CESSNA 182 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, 164 TIME - 1500 N6244A PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 121 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EKALAKA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BAKER,MONT EKALAKA,MONT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- ACFT LND IN FLD. PLT DIDNT SURVEY FLD AT LOW ENOUGH ALT BFOR APCH. NOSE WHEEL STRUCK 10 IN RIDGE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6244A
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ekalaka
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.