Cessna 182K N2478Q

Summary

On 29 March 1982 at about 19:25 local time, a Cessna 182K registered N2478Q, operated by George Clark/Dean Jellison, was involved in an accident near St. Ignatius, Montana, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

29 March 1982 at 19:25

Classification

Accident

Location

St. Ignatius, Montana, United States

Nearest airport

St. Ignatius Municipal (52S)

Coordinates

47.3197, -114.0194

Aircraft

Cessna 182K

Registration

N2478Q

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

George Clark/Dean Jellison

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

St. Ignatius → Kalispell

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN82DA051

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PILOT STATED THAT HE AND HIS PASSENGERS ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE AS MUCH SNOW AS POSSIBLE FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND THAT HE WAS CONFIDENT THAT THE PROPELLER BLAST WOULD BLOW AWAY WHATEVER SNOW REMAINED. ALTHOUGH THE WIND AT SURROUNDING STATIONS WAS GENERALLY REPORTED OUT OF THE NORTHWEST THE PILOT REPORTED THE WIND OUT OF THE EAST ON TAKEOFF. THE PILOT ELECTED TO TAKEOFF WITH 10 DEGREES OF FLAPS, THE MANUAL STATES TO USE 20 DEGREES TO REDUCE GROUND RUN ON SOFT FIELD TAKEOFFS. DURING TAKEOFF THE AIRCRAFT WAS HELD ON THE RUNWAY UNTIL 70 MPH IAS BEFORE ROTATION WAS ATTEMPTED. THIS IS 10 MPH OVER NORMAL ROTATION SPEED AND WAS USED TO COMPENSATE FOR THE STATED TAILWIND. THE AIRCRAFT LIFTED BRIEFLY OFF THE GROUND THEN SETTLED BACK ON THE RUNWAY. POWER WAS PULLED AND THE AIRCRAFT SLID OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND NOSED DOWN INTO THE BANK OF A SMALL CREEK.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.