The National Transportation Safety Board did not travel to the scene of this accident.
Additional Participating Entity:
Federal Aviation Administration / Flight Standards District Office; Helena, Montana
Investigation Docket - National Transportation Safety Board:
Cirrus Air LLC
Location: St Ignatius, MT
Accident Number: WPR22LA024
Date & Time: October 24, 2021, 11:20 Local
Registration: N25WX
Aircraft: Cessna 182Q
Injuries: 1 Serious
Flight Conducted Under: Part 91: General aviation - Personal
Aircraft and Owner/Operator Information
Aircraft Make: Cessna
Registration: N25WX
Model/Series: 182Q
Aircraft Category: Airplane
Amateur Built:
Operator:
Operating Certificate(s) Held: None
Operator Designator Code:
Meteorological Information and Flight Plan
Conditions at Accident Site: VMC
Condition of Light: Day
Observation Facility, Elevation: KMSO,3189 ft msl
Observation Time: 11:53 Local
Distance from Accident Site: 24 Nautical Miles
Temperature/Dew Point: 8°C /3°C
Lowest Cloud Condition: Clear
Wind Speed/Gusts, Direction: 10 knots / , 140°
Lowest Ceiling: None
Visibility: 10 miles
Altimeter Setting: 29.62 inches Hg
Type of Flight Plan Filed:
Departure Point:
Destination:
Wreckage and Impact Information
Crew Injuries: 1 Serious
Aircraft Damage: Substantial
Passenger Injuries:
Aircraft Fire: None
Ground Injuries:
Aircraft Explosion: None
Total Injuries: 1 Serious
Latitude, Longitude: 47.325,-114.08083 (est)
est $175,00 acft destroyed.
ReplyDeleteQ. How much damage will be done to my plane if I land it with a parachute?
A. In all likelihood the aircraft will suffer some significant damage. The terrain where you land will affect this greatly. Though the extent of damage has varied from plane to plane, most GA aircraft that have come down under a BRS deployment have eventually (or will soon) fly again.
Q. How much stress is there on passengers at touchdown?
A. Less than 4Gs. At a severe test condition (straight down, on wheels, on flat concrete), occupant load on touchdown has been demonstrated to be well within tolerances for spinal compression.
https://brsaerospace.com/cessna-faqs/
Fuel exhaustion crashes from improper button-pressing on flow totalizers show up regularly in these reports. Gadget-ology can't beat opening the fill ports and dipping a wood stick.
ReplyDeleteSaid it before and I say it again - Dipstick !
ReplyDeletewhy would you not just top off the fuel? Hard to understand why you would even take a chance knowing you had fuel indicator issues before.
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