20200420001119A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-31T1 · Billings, MT · April 20, 2020

Date
April 20, 2020 · 09:50 local
Place
Billings, MT
Airport
Billings Logan International
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N926K
NTSB investigation
NTSBWPR20LA128
Reported as
Piper PA-31T1
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Following departure the pilot failed to gain sufficient altitude for normal flight - impacted ground just over 1.4 miles from departure end of runway. Post crash fire consumed 95 percent of aircraft and fatally injured the pilot

As the FAA filed it

FOLLOWING DEPARTURE THE PILOT FAILED TO GAIN SUFFICIENT ALTITUDE FOR NORMAL FLIGHT - IMPACTED GROUND JUST OVER 1.4 MILES FROM DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY. POST CRASH FIRE CONSUMED 95 PERCENT OF AIRCRAFT AND FATALLY INJURED THE PILOT

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.