45.8078° N, 108.5435° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at BILLINGS LOGAN INTL (BIL), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
March 2, 1989 · 11:00 local
Place
Billings, MT
Airport
Billings Logan International
Phase of flight
To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
BSAA
Aircraft
N371MT
Reported as
Bag JETSTM3201
People aboard
13
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.
Airspeed indicator failed on takeoff. Aborted. NR1 pitot tube and adjacent line had frozen moisture.
As the FAA filed it
AIRSPEED INDICATOR FAILED ON TAKEOFF. ABORTED. NR1 PITOT TUBE AND ADJACENT LINE HAD FROZEN MOISTURE.