- Date
- September 15, 1976
- Place
- Geraldine, MT · GERALDINE, MT
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N53075Cessna A185F
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760915030549A
- Case key
- 155409
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2553 76/9/15 GERALDINE,MT CESSNA A185F CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 21, 480 TIME - 1210 N53075 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 190 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OWEN BROTHERS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CONRAD,MT GERALDINE,MT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- MADE 2 LOW PASSES FOLLOWED BY LOW ALT ROLL,SPLIT-S TYPE RECOVERY FRM INVERTED PSN.PLT AT CTLS UNK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N53075
- Reported as
- Cessna A185F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Owen Brothers
N53075Registration cancelled Aug 15, 2012 · Cessna A185FAirframe modelCessna A185FEngine modelContinental IO-520 series
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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.