# Accident 19891227053349A: Cessna 172P, Billings, MT, December 27, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 27, 1989, 13:30 local time
- Place: Billings, MT
- Airport: Billings Logan International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: BWSA
- Location: 45.8708° N, 108.4702° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8708&lon=-108.4702&mi=10
- Aircraft: N53432, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N53432-2022-03-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYC O320D2J
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 59 total, 59 in this make and model, 59 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN90LA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN90LA035) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891227053349A

## Narrative

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

DESIRED RUNWAY FOR WIND CLOSED. STUDENT LOST CONTROL ON CROSSWIND LANDING AND NOSED OVER.

## 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 DEN90LA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN90LA035), Dec 27, 1989: Cessna 172P (N53432), Billings, MT, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING ADVERSE WIND CONDITIONS.

## Other reports on N53432 (2)

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

- [Accident 20190828014739A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190828014739A), Aug 28, 2019: Cessna 172P (N53432), Broomfield, CO, Substantial damage. Upon touchdown aircraft bounced several times skidded off end of runway through safety area, continued off embankment impacting public road.
- [Accident 19851001059629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851001059629A), Oct 1, 1985: Cessna 172P (N53432), Winnemucca, NV, Substantial damage. Lost directional control when tire went flat on takeoff roll. Departed runway and nosed over.

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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