# Accident 20071216829109A: Piper PA30, Bridger, MT, December 16, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 16, 2007, 12:48 local time
- Place: Bridger, MT
- Airport: Bridger Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.2914° N, 108.9256° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.2914&lon=-108.9256&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7252Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7252Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- Reported engine: LYC IO320B1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 324 total, 45 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA08LA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08LA048) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071216829109A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DECEMBER 16, 2007, AT 1248 MST, A PIPER PA-30, N7252Y, REGISTERED TO THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED DURING THE LANDING ROLL AT BRIDGER MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, BRIDGER, MONTANA WHILE ON A 14 CFR PART 91 FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WEAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED, AND THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT LAUREL MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, LAUREL, MONTANA ON DECEMBER 16, 2007.

## 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 SEA08LA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08LA048), Dec 16, 2007: Piper PA-30 (N7252Y), Bridger, MT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The landing gear collapsed during landing for undetermined reasons.

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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