# Accident 19800929048509A: Piper PA28R180, Billings, MT, September 29, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 29, 1980, 15:55 local time
- Place: Billings, MT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- 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: N7498J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7498J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-180 (registry code 7102809, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R180
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,888 total, 200 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN80FTA23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN80FTA23) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800929048509A

## Narrative

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

OIL LINE TO PROP GOVERNOR RUPTURED. OIL COVERED WINDSHIELD. PILOT CRASH LANDED IN ROLLING TERRAIN.

## 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 DEN80FTA23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN80FTA23), Sep 29, 1980: Piper PA-28 (N7498J), Billings, MT, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7498J (1)

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

- [Incident 19811025083099I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811025083099I), Oct 25, 1981: Piper PA28R180 (N7498J), Omak, WA, Minor damage. Pilot landed hard on nose wheel and nose gear collapsed.

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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