Cessna 177 accident near Red Lodge, MT
On August 3, 1998, a Cessna 177 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Red Lodge, MT. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- August 3, 1998
- Place
- Red Lodge, MT
- Aircraft
- Cessna 177 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 45.191°N, 109.239°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001211X10951
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On August 2, 1998, approximately 2145 Pacific daylight time (PDT), a Cessna 177, N2213Y, was observed to depart Wells, Nevada. The commercial pilot-in-command of the aircraft, who was its sole occupant, did not file a flight plan for this flight, and no air traffic services were provided to the flight after it departed Wells. The pilot's family reported the aircraft as missing to the FAA on August 9, 1998, and an Alert Notice (ALNOT) was issued for the aircraft on August 9 at 1726 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). On August 12, 1998, a Montana Department of Aeronautics search aircraft sighted aircraft wreckage on the west slope of 12,204-foot Mount Rearguard, approximately 10 miles southwest of Red Lodge, Montana. On August 13, 1998, a ground search-and-rescue party reached the aircraft wreckage and confirmed that it was the wreckage of N2213Y. The aircraft was destroyed, and the pilot was found dead at the scene. The destination of the 14 CFR 91 flight was not determined, although both Wells and the accident site were approximately on a direct line of flight from the aircraft's home base of Santa Rosa, California, to Minot, North Dakota (which was listed as a potential intermediate destination in the ALNOT.) The ALNOT indicated that the pilot originally departed Santa Rosa at 1800 PDT on August 2 and intended to fly to the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) AirVenture '98 Fly-In at Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Information obtained from the FAA Automated Flight Service Station (AFSS) at Grand Forks, North Dakota, indicated that the pilot contacted the Rancho M
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain adequate altitude over, or clearance with, mountainous terrain during night visual flight rules flight. Factors included night lighting conditions and mountainous terrain.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
