# Incident 20040729016239I: Cessna 180D, Billings, MT, July 29, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 2004, 17:29 local time
- Place: Billings, MT
- Airport: Billings Logan International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.8078° N, 108.5435° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BILLINGS LOGAN INTL (BIL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8078&lon=-108.5435&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8609X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8609X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180D (registry code 2072610, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470-L (registry code 17374, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 221 total, 77 in this make and model, 57 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040729016239I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT, A CESSNA 180, WAS CLEARED TO TAXI TO EDWARDS JET CENTER AT BILLINGS-LOGAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (BIL) IN BILLINGS, MONTANA. IT TAXIED BEHIND A FEDERAL EXPRESS 727 UNDER POWER. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIFTED OFF THE TAXIWAY, SLAMMED DOWN, AND GROUND-LOOPED. THE B-727 CARGO RAMP IS SITUATED SO AS TO ALLOW JET BLAST TO CROSS ACTIVE RUNWAY. THE CE-180 PILOT WAS NOT ADVISED BY AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL OF THE RUNNING JET ON THE RAMP, NOR COULD HE DETECT THAT THE ENGINES WERE RUNNING. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N8609X (1)

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

- [Accident 20050110000219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050110000219A), Jan 10, 2005: Cessna 180D (N8609X), Billings, MT, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot stated that he was landing in a crosswind. Additionally, he stated that the aircraft got away from him, and the wind was too much. He drove the…

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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