45.8078° N, 108.5435° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at BILLINGS LOGAN INTL (BIL), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
January 15, 1987 · 15:34 local
Place
Billings, MT
Airport
Billings Logan International
Phase of flight
Final Approach-IFR
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
NWAA
Aircraft
N720RC
Reported as
Boeing 7272S7
People aboard
81
Fatal injuries
0
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.
A hydraulic system failed on landing approach. Safe landing was made. Hydraulic line was found broken.
As the FAA filed it
A HYDRAULIC SYSTEM FAILED ON LANDING APPROACH. SAFE LANDING WAS MADE. HYDRAULIC LINE WAS FOUND BROKEN.