# Incident 20070814015709I: Lkheed SP2H, Billings, MT, August 14, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 2007, 18:38 local time
- Place: Billings, MT
- Airport: Billings Logan International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: CILG
- 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: N4235N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4235N-2019-05-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lockheed SP-2H (registry code 5269601, https://openairdocs.org/model/lockheed-sp-2h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Wright R3350 series (registry code 67063, https://openairdocs.org/engine/wright-r3350-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LKHEED SP2H
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,800 total, 250 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070814015709I

## Narrative

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

(-23) LOCKHEED P2-V-7 (N4235N) OPERATED BY NEPTUNE AVIATION SERVICES INC., LANDED AT THE LOGAN INTL AIRPORT, (BIL) BILLINGS, MONTANA ON RUNWAY 28R WITH THE GEAR RETRACTED. THE FLIGHT CREW ADDED FULL POWER TO THE ENGINES WHEN THEY REALIZED THAT THE GEAR WAS RETRACTED AND WENT AROUND. THE AIRCRAFT WAS MANEUVERED AROUND THE TRAFFIC PATTERN. DURING THE FLIGHT PIECES OF THE PROPELLERS IMPACTED VARIOUS LOCATIONS ON THE AIRCRAFT. THE LANDING GEAR WAS EXTENDED AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 28R. AIRCRAFT TAXIED CLEAR OF RUNWAY AND ENGINES WERE SHUTDOWN. AIRCRAFT WAS DAMAGED IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS: BOTH PROPELLERS 8 TO 12 INCHES OF PROPELLER TIPS, LEFT JET ENGINE COWLING AND PYLON DENTED AND PUNCTURES, LEFT SIDE OF FUSELAGE AT STATION 185 2" X 2" HOLE, STATION 183 DENT, RIGHT SIDE OF FUSELAGE BETWEEN STATIONS 183 AND 193 4 HOLES RANGING IN SIZE FROM 1" X 1" TO 4" X 7" IN SIZE, BACKUP HYDRAULIC RESERVOIR WAS PUNCTURED. ALL DAMAGE WAS TO THE AIRCRAFT SKIN. NO STRINGER OR FORMER DAMAGE. FLIGHT CREW HAD FLOWN 4 FIRE SUPPRESSION DROPS BEFORE INCIDENT, ALL SHORT TURN FLIGHT OF 15 MINUTES OR LESS. ON LAST TAKEOFF THE WING FLAPS WOULD NOT RETRACT. FLIGHT CREW CONSULTED CHECKIST FOR WING FLAP MALFUNCTION. FLIGHT CREW DISCUSSED OPTIONS. FLAP SELECTION HANDLE WAS PLACED IN THE 10 DEGREE POSITION TO MATCH WING FLAP POSITION. AIR DROP OF RETARDANT WAS COMPLETED, AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO BILLINGS' AIRPORT FOR LANDING. FLIGHT CREW COMPLETED WING FLAP UP LANDING CHECKLIST; HOWEVER THE LANDING GEAR WAS OVERLOOKED AND LEFT IN THE RETRACTED POSITION. LANDING APPROACH WAS FLATTER THAN NORMAL DUE TO THE WING FLAP POSITION. AS AIRCRAFT APPROACHED THE RUNWAY, FLIGHT CREW WAS NOTIFIED BY RADIO THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS NOT DOWN. PILOT ADDED FULL POWER AND AIRCRAFT WENT AROUND. THE TRAFFIC PATTERN WAS FLOWN; DURING THE GO-AROUND PARTS OF THE PROPELLER'S TIPS CAME OFF AND IMPACTED THE FUSELAGE AND JET ENGINE PYLON. AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED, TAXIED CLEAR OF ACTIVE RUNWAY, AND WAS TOWED TO THE RAMP. FATIGUE, CRM AND MISSION REQUIREMENTS WERE ALL CONTRIBUTING FACTORS TO THIS ACCIDENT. NO ADDITIONAL CAUSAL FACTORS AT THIS TIME.

## Other reports on N4235N (2)

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

- [Incident 20100607005589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100607005589I), Jun 7, 2010: Lockheed SP-2H (N4235N), San Bernardino, CA, No damage. Upon landing rollout, aircraft brakes locked. Blew two tires.
- [Incident 20060822015399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060822015399I), Aug 22, 2006: Lkheed SP2H (N4235N), Missoula, MT. (-23) During cruise, the crew had indication of a hydraulic failure. The aircraft returned to Missoula international (kmso) and landed, without steering…

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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