# NTSB SEA78FTI26: Cessna 182P, N21483, Buffalo, MT, July 28, 1978

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: July 28, 1978
- Place: Buffalo, MT · BUFFALO, MT
- Location: 46.8211° N, 109.8285° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Buffalo, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.8211&lon=-109.8285&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 18, 1978
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 140871
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA78FTI26
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA78FTI26

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1921  78/7/28    BUFFALO,MT          CESSNA 182P         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1615                    N21483              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  AGE 28, 2289 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            225 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          HAVRE,MT                    BUFFALO,MT
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
           COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS                          LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND
        FACTOR(S)
           TERRAIN - OTHER
        REMARKS- LND ON GRAVEL BORROW PIT ROAD,CURVED AT END.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N21483](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N21483-1982-03-01), registration cancelled 1982-03-01, S/N 18261661, built 1972 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- Registry model: [Cessna 182P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (registry code 2075816) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19780728019309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780728019309A), Jul 28, 1978: Cessna 182P, Buffalo, MT, Substantial damage. Lnd on gravel borrow pit road,curved at end.

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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