45.7833° N, 108.5007° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Billings, MT, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
July 10, 1978 · 16:45 local
Place
Billings, MT
Airport
Logan International
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N414HP
Reported as
Cessna 414
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
19,000 total800 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Pilot attempted takeoff during a thunder storm, landing gear collapsed.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF DURING A THUNDER STORM, LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED.