Cessna 182 accident near Wolf Point, MT
On August 5, 2019, a Cessna 182 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Wolf Point, MT. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- August 5, 2019
- Place
- Wolf Point, MT
- Aircraft
- Cessna 182 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 48.436°N, 105.761°W
- NTSB ID
- 20190806X45857
Official records · WPR19FA209
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn August 05, 2019, about 1445 mountain daylight time, a Cessna 182L, N3469R, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Wolf Point, Montana. The private pilot and passenger sustained fatal injuries. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91 personal flight. A witness stated that he owned the farm adjacent to the accident site. The pilot had built grain bins for him in the past and he had contracted him to build more. The pilot and passenger, an employee at the pilot’s company, planned to visit the farm that day. The pilot had discussed with the witness landing his airplane at the farm, and had been to the farm on previous occasions, but had never flown there. The witness stated that the pilot called him at 1423 saying that he was flying over the town of Wolf Point and would be landing at the farm shortly. The witness, positioned near his grain bins, watched the airplane fly over his location and make a left turn to the west, paralleling the dirt road upon which he intended to land. The airplane then began a left turn to the east to come back and land. He observed the airplane make a sharp turn and descend into terrain. (refer to figure 1.) Upon impact, the airplane burst into flames and the witness drove his water truck to put out the fire. Figure 1: Presumed Accident Flight Path (According to Witness) PERSONNEL INFORMATIONA reconstruction of the pilot’s logbooks revealed that he had accrued about 16 hours of flight experience in the previous 3 months. AIRCRAFT INFORMATIONThe pilot purchased t
Probable cause
The pilot's exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack while maneuvering to land, which resulted in an accelerated aerodynamic stall and subsequent loss of control.
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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.
