45.7833° N, 108.5007° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Billings, MT, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
December 5, 1979 · 09:00 local
Place
Billings, MT
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Practice Training Manuevers
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
FAL
Aircraft
N980FL
Reported as
Dhav DHC6/
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,200 total1,300 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.
Check pilot discovered violent stall characteristics during full flap go-around practice, difficult recovery.
As the FAA filed it
CHECK PILOT DISCOVERED VIOLENT STALL CHARACTERISTICS DURING FULL FLAP GO-AROUND PRACTICE, DIFFICULT RECOVERY.