- Date
- June 9, 1978
- Place
- Billings, MT · BILLINGS, MT
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2174FCessna U206
- Status
- Completed · report July 20, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780609016149A
- Case key
- 141239
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1489 78/6/9 NR.BILLINGS,MT CESSNA U206 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 53, 9800 TIME - 0800 N2174F PX- 0 0 2 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 45 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HAMILTON,MT LEACHMAN RANCH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN TERRAIN - OTHER FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING REMARKS- MISTOOK LDG AREA & LND PARALLEL TO 20 DEG DOWNSLOPE. ROLLED INTO 3 FT CONCRETE WALL OF FEED LOT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2174F
- Reported as
- Cessna U206
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N2174FRegistration cancelled Dec 17, 2014 · Cessna U206Airframe modelCessna U206Engine 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.