# Accident 19921218050929A: Cessna 550, Billings, MT, December 18, 1992

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 18, 1992, 16:45 local time
- Place: Billings, MT
- Airport: Billings Logan International
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.6492° N, 108.3793° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6492&lon=-108.3793&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6887Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6887Y-1993-05-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 550 (registry code 2076604, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-550) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 550
- Reported engine: PWA JT15D4
- People aboard: 8
- Fatal injuries: 8
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA93GA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA93GA041) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921218050929A

## Narrative

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

LANDING TO CLOSE BEHIND LANDING PLANE ROLLED INVERTED, DIVED INTO GROUND. PILOT LAST WORDS. ALMOST RAN OVER A 757.

## 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 SEA93GA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA93GA041), Dec 18, 1992: Cessna 550 (N6887Y), Billings, MT, destroyed, 8 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S FAILURE TO FOLLOW ESTABLISHED VORTEX AVOIDANCE PROCEDURES, AS PUBLISHED IN THE AIRMAN'S INFORMATION MANUAL, TO PROVIDE HIS OWN WAKE TURBULENCE SEPARATION.

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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