# Accident 20060430007179A: Cessna 172N, Billings, MT, April 30, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 2006, 16:00 local time
- Place: Billings, MT
- Airport: Billings Logan International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.8078° N, 108.5428° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8078&lon=-108.5428&mi=10
- Aircraft: N739AJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N739AJ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 849 total, 680 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA06CA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA06CA098) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060430007179A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APRIL 30, 2006, AT APPROXIMATELY 1600 MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 172N, N739AJ, REGISTERED TO THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMIT^ COLLIDED WITH A SIGN POST WHILE TAXIING TO PARKING IN BILLINGS, MONTANA. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE REGISTERED OWNER/PILOT, AND HIS PASSENGER/WIFE, WERE NOT INJURED.

## 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 SEA06CA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA06CA098), Apr 30, 2006: Cessna 172N (N739AJ), Billings, MT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from a sign while taxiing to parking.

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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