# Incident 20100913044489I: Meyers MAC-145, Billings, MT, September 13, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 13, 2010, 08:30 local time
- Place: Billings, MT
- Airport: Billings
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- 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: N551, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N551) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Meyers MAC-145 (registry code 5650104, https://openairdocs.org/model/meyers-mac-145) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MEYERS MAC-145
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 5,718 total, 10 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100913044489I

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 13, 2010, AT 7:20AM  MT. , A MEYERS MAC-145, N551, REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^  PILOT LOSS DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT WHILE COMMENCING A TAKE OFF ROLL AT ABOUT 10 TO 15 MPH, WHEN HE LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE, VEERED TO THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY 28R.  AS THE AIRPLANE TURN TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY AND HEADED DOWN A GRASS EMBANKMENT  LOCATED IN THE CENTER OF THE  AIRPORT BETWEEN THE RUNWAY 28R AND TAXI AREA, BOTH  LEFT AND RIGHT LANDNG GEAR COLLAPSED AS THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP.  PILOT INDICATED THAT THE AIRPLANE HAD NO AIR RUDDER AUTHORITY TO COMMAND DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND VERY LITTLE DIFFERENTIAL BRAKING CONTROL AS WELL.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED BY THE COMMERCIAL RATED PILOT.  THE AIRCRAFT HAS MINOR DAMAGED, PILOT INDICATED THAT THERE WAS NO INJURY.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED OUT OF MILACA, MN., ON SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 12, 2010 AT APPROXIMATELY 12:30 PM CST.

## Other reports on N551 (1)

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

- [Incident 20010622015289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010622015289I), Jun 22, 2001: Meyers MAC145 (N551), Zephyrhills, FL, Minor damage. (-23) On June 22, 2001, at 9:15 am, a Meyers mac 145, N551, registered to oparowski, william j., landed gear up at Zephyrhills Municipal Airport, Zephyrhills,…

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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