# Accident 19780709019139A: Cessna 170A, Billings, MT, July 9, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 9, 1978
- Place: Billings, MT
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- 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: N1780D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1780D-1984-01-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170A (registry code 2072304, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,900 total, 500 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA78DA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA78DA042) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780709019139A

## Narrative

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

NON-STOP,CLOSED-CIRCUIT DIST RECORD ATMT OF 3080MI.CRASHED APRX 2 AFTR TKOF.NO OXYGEN,HIGH ALT

## 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 SEA78DA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA78DA042), Jul 9, 1978: Cessna 170A (N1780D), Billings, MT, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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