Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Russian Flat Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Russian Flat, Montana 59452
Monday, July 21, 2014 13:25 MDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
On July 21, 2014, about 1325 mountain daylight time, a Cessna 150M, N66255, was found at the west end of Russian Flat Airport, Montana, by a driver passing by on the nearby highway. The commercial pilot sustained fatal injuries, and the airplane was substantially damaged. The airplane was registered to Cowdog Flyers LLC, and operated by the commercial pilot under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 91. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the flight, and no flight plan had been filed. The flight originated from Bozeman, Montana, about 1236.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspector who was on-scene reported that the airplane was located about 570 feet from the departure end of runway 25 at Russian Flat Airport, with the nose embedded into a swamp and the tail sticking up in the air and bent to one side. The pilot had signed the airport record book, which was the only signature present for that date.
Remarks listed in the 2014 Montana Airport Directory for Russian Flat Airport states that the runway has an uphill slope to the west and recommends that pilots take off on runway 07 and land runway 25.
Convective rain shower and thunderstorm activity was prevalent around the accident site and central Montana at the time of the accident.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 7/21/2014 |
| Event Day of the Week | Monday |
| Time of Event | 1325 |
| Event Time Zone | Mountain Daylight Time |
| Event City | Russian Flat |
| Event State | MONTANA |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 59452 |
| Event Date Year | 2014 |
| Event Date Month | 7 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | 464331N |
| Event Location Longitude | 1102510W |
| Event Location Airport | Russian Flat |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | M42 |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | On Airport |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 0 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 270 |
| Airport Elevation | 6336 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | -- |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1553 Mountain Daylight Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 0 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | SFJM |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 6336 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 0 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | MDT |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | -- |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | -- |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | -- |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | -- |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | -- |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | -- |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | -- |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 14 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 12 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 184 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | -- |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 7 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | -- |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 10 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | -- |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | -- |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | Fatal |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | -- |
| Injury Total Fatal | 1 |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | -- |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | 1 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | -- |
| NTSB Notification Source | Basin County Sheriff |
| NTSB Notification Date | -- |
| NTSB Notification Time | -- |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Sep 2 2014 7:32PM |
| User who most recently changed record | coos |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N66255 |
| NTSB Number | WPR14LA305 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | -- |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | CESSNA |
| Aircraft Model | 150M |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | M |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 15075958 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 1601 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | -- |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | -- |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | 2 |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | -- |
| Number of Engines | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Fixed |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | -- |
| Date of Last Inspection | -- |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | -- |
| Airframe Hours | -- |
| ELT Installed | Unknown |
| ELT Activated | Unknown |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | COWDOG FLYERS LLC |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | PO BOX 1934 |
| Aircraft Owner City | BOZEMAN |
| Aircraft Owner State | MT |
| Aircraft Owner Country | USA |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 597711934 |
| Operator is an individual? | Yes |
| Operator Name | Brian N. Handy |
| Operator Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Street Address | -- |
| Operator City | Bozemen |
| Operator State | MT |
| Operator Country | USA |
| Operator Zip code | 59718 |
| Operator Code | -- |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | -- |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | -- |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Personal |
| Second Pilot on Board | -- |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | KBZN |
| Departure City | Bozeman |
| Departure State | MT |
| Departure Country | USA |
| Departure Time | 1236 |
| Departure Time Zone | MDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | crash at destination city |
| Destination Airport Code | M42 |
| Destination City | Russian Flat |
| Destination State | MT |
| Destination Country | USA |
| Specific Phase of Flight | -- |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Sep 2 2014 7:29PM |
| User who most recently changed record | coos |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 25 |
| Runway Length | 3000 |
| Runway Width | 65 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |