Cessna 182K accident near Augusta, MT
On August 8, 2024, a Cessna 182K (airplane) was involved in an accident near Augusta, MT. 3 people died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- August 8, 2024
- Place
- Augusta, MT
- Aircraft
- Cessna 182K · Airplane
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 47.370°N, 112.766°W
- NTSB ID
- 20240809194880
Official records · WPR24FA270
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn August 08, 2024, at 1301 mountain daylight time, a Cessna 182K airplane, N2764Q, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Augusta, Montana. The pilot and two passengers were fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. According to the pilot’s spouse, the pilot and passengers were traveling to an event in Bozeman, Montana. A review of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ADS-B information revealed that the airplane departed from Pullman Moscow Regional Airport, Pullman, Washington, about 1120. Following departure, the airplane continued on an east-northeasterly heading and maintained an altitude between 7,500 and 8,000 ft mean sea level (msl). The airplane’s ADS-B track ended when it entered mountainous terrain in the southernmost portion of the Bob Marshall Wilderness. The last ADS-B return was located about 25 nautical miles southwest of the accident site. An Appareo Stratus 3 portable electronic device was recovered from the airplane wreckage at the accident site. The recorded data included the entire accident flight, which started at 1120:00 and ended at 1301:48. The airplane made a direct flight from the departure airport over lower mountainous terrain before crossing near Seely Lake and flying through higher mountainous terrain in the Bob Marshall and Scapegoat Wilderness areas of the Rocky Mountains (see figure 1). Figure 1: Flight path showing flight track The flight track revealed that as the airplane continued eastbound through increasingly higher terrai
Probable cause
The non-instrument-rated pilot’s decision to continue a visual flight rules flight into a rugged mountain area in deteriorating weather conditions, which resulted in impact with 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.
