# Accident 20200420001119A: Piper PA-31T1, Billings, MT, April 20, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 20, 2020, 09:50 local time
- Place: Billings, MT
- Airport: Billings Logan International
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.8169° N, 108.5892° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8169&lon=-108.5892&mi=10
- Aircraft: N926K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N926K-2021-01-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31T1 (registry code 7103126, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31t1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-31T1
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR20LA128](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20LA128) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200420001119A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 WPR20LA128](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20LA128), Apr 20, 2020: Piper PA31T (N926K), Billings, MT, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The degraded airplane performance after takeoff for reasons that could not be determined from available evidence.

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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