# Accident 19750206001199A: Cessna 177, Billings, MT, February 6, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 6, 1975
- Place: Billings, MT
- Airport: Billings Logan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- Location: 45.8078° N, 108.5435° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BILLINGS LOGAN INTL (BIL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8078&lon=-108.5435&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2308Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2308Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177 (registry code 2073704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 316 total, 38 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA75FTA12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA75FTA12) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750206001199A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PAX DEPLANED,WALKED INTO PROP.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB SEA75FTA12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA75FTA12), Feb 6, 1975: Cessna 177 (N2308Y), Billings, MT, minor damage, 1 fatal

## Other reports on N2308Y (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19840303012229I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840303012229I), Mar 3, 1984: Cessna 177 (N2308Y), Gaithersburg, MD, Minor damage. Bounced and porpoised landing in gusty wind conditions. Nose wheel and propeller damaged.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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