# Accident 19781202036949A: Piper PA24400, Billings, MT, December 2, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 2, 1978
- Place: Billings, MT
- Airport: Logan
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- 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: N8758P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8758P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-260 (registry code 7102406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24400
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 529 total, 6 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA79FTA04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA79FTA04) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781202036949A

## Narrative

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

MAIN TANKS EMPTY,AUX TANKS FULL. PLACARD STATES AUX TANKS NOT TO SED FOR LNDG & TKOF.

## 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 SEA79FTA04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA79FTA04), Dec 2, 1978: Piper PA-24 (N8758P), Billings, MT, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8758P (1)

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

- [Accident 19760510010449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760510010449A), May 10, 1976: Piper PA24260 (N8758P), Greenwood, SC, 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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