# Accident 20030910023519A: Piper PA22160, Billings, MT, September 10, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 10, 2003, 17:45 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)
- Location: 45.8089° N, 108.5444° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8089&lon=-108.5444&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9332D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9332D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-160 (registry code 7102214, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22160
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,196 total, 114 in this make and model, 72 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA03LA188](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA03LA188) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030910023519A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATES HE ENCOUNTERED DUST DEVILS UPON ROLL OUT WHICH GROUND LOOPED THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 SEA03LA188](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA03LA188), Sep 10, 2003: Piper PA-22-160 (N9332D), Billings, MT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions which led to a loss of control and subsequent ground loop. A contributing factor was the wind gust.

## Other reports on N9332D (1)

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

- [Accident 20050418005149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050418005149A), Apr 18, 2005: Piper PA22160 (N9332D), Gordon, NE, Substantial damage. (-23) Student pilot flying his personal plane without instructor supervision lost control of aircraft upon landing and ground looped to the right. Damage…

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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