# Incident 19780825038919I: Picard AX6, Billings, MT, August 25, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 1978, 20:00 local time
- Place: Billings, MT
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- 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: N32AS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PICARD AX6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9 total, 9 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/19780825038919I

## Narrative

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

PILOTLIGHT CAUGHT BALLOON ON FIRE AFTER LANDING.

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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