Cessna 182P N79P

Summary

On 27 April 1988 at about 01:30 local time, a Cessna 182P registered N79P was involved in an accident near Great Falls, Montana, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

27 April 1988 at 01:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Great Falls, Montana, United States

Nearest airport

Great Falls Int'l (GTF)

Coordinates

47.6490, -111.3805

Aircraft

Cessna 182P

Registration

N79P

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Billings → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

DEN88LA102

2 people had minor injuries.

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 PRIVATE PLT WAS RETURNING HOME FROM A PERSONAL TRANSPORTATION FLIGHT WITH ONE PAX, ANOTHER PRIVATE PLT. BOTH MEN REPORTED THAT WHILE ON FINAL FOR RNWY 25, THE SUN WAS IN THEIR EYES AND HINDERED THEIR VISION. THE PLT IN COMMAND STATED THAT HE CANNOT REMEMBER TRIMMING THE ACFT FOR LANDING AND CANNOT REMEMBER FLARING FOR TOUCHDOWN. THE PAX REPORTED A SUDDEN NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE AFTER PASSING THE THRESHOLD. THE PAX GRABBED THE YOKE AND APPLIED FULL UP ELEVATOR. THE ACFT IMPACTED THE RNWY NOSE LOW AND COLLAPSED THE NOSE GEAR. A POST ACCIDENT FIRE DESTROYED THE ACFT FROM THE FIREWALL AFT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.