45.7833° N, 108.5007° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Billings, MT, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
June 17, 1981 · 08:00 local
Place
Billings, MT
Airport
Billings
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
MRKA
Aircraft
N107AK
Reported as
Lkheed 382G
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
14,000 total8,000 in this make and model300 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.
Crew noted cabin pressure fluctuation. Found ten inch crack in ring bulkhead at fuselage station 447.
As the FAA filed it
CREW NOTED CABIN PRESSURE FLUCTUATION. FOUND TEN INCH CRACK IN RING BULKHEAD AT FUSELAGE STATION 447.