# Incident 19850807050789I: Boeing 737212, Billings, MT, August 7, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 1985, 09:28 local time
- Place: Billings, MT
- Airport: International
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: WALA
- 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: N4571M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4571M-1995-09-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-2T2 (registry code 1384491, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-2t2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737212
- People aboard: 49
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14,313 total, 1,130 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850807050789I

## Narrative

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

RETURNED TO AIRPORT DUE TO GEAR PROBLEM. NOSE GEAR SAFETY PIN OVERLOOKED DURING PREFLIGHT.

## Other reports on N4571M (2)

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

- [Incident 19930223004729I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930223004729I), Feb 23, 1993: Boeing 737212 (N4571M), Chattanooga, TN, Minor damage. While turning off the runway the left inboard and right outboard tires blew out. Anti skid inoperative. Deferred.
- [Incident 19880117007989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880117007989I), Jan 17, 1988: Boeing 737212 (N4571M), Vancouver, CN, Minor damage. Engine failed on takeoff. Aborted. Found aft flange of the combustion chamber outer case had failed.

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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