# Incident 19780311016469I: Cessna 150, Billings, MT, March 11, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 11, 1978, 13:45 local time
- Place: Billings, MT
- Airport: Logan International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- 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: N704LK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N704LK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150M (registry code 2071830, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 43 total, 43 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780311016469I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING TAKEOFF. FLIGHT ENDED INVERTED IN DEEP SNOW.

## Other reports on N704LK (1)

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

- [Incident 19890830055069I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890830055069I), Aug 30, 1989: Cessna 150M (N704LK), Jackson, MI, Minor damage. Student made a hard landing. Nose wheel broke. Minor damage to aircraft.

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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