# Accident 20130730014489A: Piper PA-44-180, Billings, MT, July 30, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 2013, 11:43 local time
- Place: Billings, MT
- Airport: Billings
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: DN8S
- Location: 45.8075° N, 108.5428° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8075&lon=-108.5428&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5367Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5367Y-2015-05-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-44-180 (registry code 7104402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360-A1A (registry code 41594, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-a1a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-44-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360-A1A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,142 total, 63 in this make and model, 163 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR13LA349](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13LA349) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130730014489A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 30, 2013 APROX 11:43 MT, A PIPER SEMINOLE (PA-44-180), N5367Y, WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT THE BILLINGS LOGAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHEN THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED ON TOUCH DOWN. THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED ON THE AIRPORT RUNWAY CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 WPR13LA349](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13LA349), Jul 30, 2013: Piper PA-44-180 (N5367Y), Billings, MT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilots’ inadequate landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing and collapse of the left main landing gear.

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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