# Accident 19780114000149A: Piper PA18105, Billings, MT, January 14, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 14, 1978
- Place: Billings, MT
- Airport: Private Strip
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- 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: N2230Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2230Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18 105 (registry code 7101809, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-105) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18105
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 318 total, 72 in this make and model, 52 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA78FTA10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA78FTA10) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780114000149A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 SEA78FTA10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA78FTA10), Jan 14, 1978: Piper PA-18 (N2230Y), 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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