# Accident 19770524010759A: Cessna A188B, Billings, MT, May 24, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 24, 1977
- Place: Billings, MT
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 45.7833° N, 108.5007° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Billings, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.7833&lon=-108.5007&mi=10
- Aircraft: N70146, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N70146-1977-06-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A188B (registry code 2073005, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A188B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,350 total, 75 in this make and model, 93 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA77FTA19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA77FTA19) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770524010759A

## Narrative

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

SETTLED INTO TREES ON LEE SIDE OF HILL.DOWNDRAFT

## 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 SEA77FTA19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA77FTA19), May 24, 1977: Cessna 188 (N70146), Billings, MT, substantial damage

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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