# Incident 20080612835099I: Cessna 177, Billings, MT, June 12, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 12, 2008, 15:04 local time
- Place: Billings, MT
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.7833° N, 108.5007° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Billings, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.7833&lon=-108.5007&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3327T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3327T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177 (registry code 2073704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 382 total, 382 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080612835099I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUN 12, 2008, AT 1504 MDT, A CESSNA 177, N3327T, REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, HAD AN UNSCHEDULED LANDING DUE TO ENGINE FAILURE FROM FUEL CONTAMINATION WHILE ON DESCENT TO BILLINGS, MONTANA OFF OF DUCT CREEK ROAD WHILE RETURNING FROM A PERSONAL FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE VFR FLIGHT.  THE AIRCRAFT HAD MINOR DAMAGE AND THE CERTIFICATED PRIVATE PILOT WAS UNINJURED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT SUNRIVER, OREGON ON THE MORNING OF JUN 12, 2008.

## Other reports on N3327T (1)

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

- [Accident 19990827025399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990827025399A), Aug 27, 1999: Cessna 177 (N3327T), Carson City, NV, Substantial damage. (.19) On August 27, 1999, about 1630 hours pacific daylight time, a Cessna 177, N3327T, operated by the pilot, made a hard landing and was substantially…

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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