# NTSB SEA80FTA08: Cessna 180, N9296C, Big Timber, MT, February 11, 1980

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: February 11, 1980
- Place: Big Timber, MT · BIG TIMBER, MT
- Location: 45.8348° N, 109.9483° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Big Timber, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8348&lon=-109.9483&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 13, 1980
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 131720
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA80FTA08
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA80FTA08

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0217  80/2/11    BIG TIMBER,MT       CESSNA 180          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 58, 907
        TIME - 1300                    N9296C              PX-  0  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 850 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - BIG TIMBER
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          LIVINGSTON,MT               BIG TIMBER,MT
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           HARD LANDING                                             LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH
        REMARKS- ACFT STALLED APRX 15FT AGL AFTER FLARING FM STEEP FINAL APCH.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9296C](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9296C), registered now, S/N 31395, built 1955 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- Registry model: [Cessna 180](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (registry code 2072602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Big Timber

## 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 19800211002319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800211002319A), Feb 11, 1980: Cessna 180, Big Timber, WY, Substantial damage. Leveled off 15 feet above runway. Airplane stalled. Struck runway. Nosed over.

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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