# Incident 20130811013749I: Piper PA-23-250, Billings, MT, August 11, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 11, 2013, 11:52 local time
- Place: Billings, MT
- Airport: Logan International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: CYQA
- 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: N2559Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2559Z-2018-02-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-23-250
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540 SER
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130811013749I

## Narrative

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

EARLY IN TAKEOFF ROLL, PILOT NOTED A VERTICAL THUMPING VIBRATION FROM THE NOSE AREA SIMILAR TO A FLAT TIRE.  PILOT REDUCED POWER TO ABORT TAKEOFF AND NOSEGEAR COLLAPSED.  AIRCRAFT SKIDDED ON NOSE FOR 2000 FEET AND CAME TO REST ON LEFT EDGE OF RUNWAY 7.  AIRCRAFT WAS RECOVERED AND REPOSITIONED TO LOCAL FBO RAMP AWAITING OWNER'S PLAN FOR REPAIR.

## Other reports on N2559Z (1)

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

- [Incident 20070810019669I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070810019669I), Aug 10, 2007: Piper PA23250 (N2559Z), Des Moines, IA, No damage. (-23) On departure from Des Moines int'l airport, the pilot experienced roughness in the left engine. The pilot declared engine trouble and executed an…

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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