# NTSB DEN80FTA14: Piper PA-34, Billings, MT, June 21, 1980

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: June 21, 1980
- Place: Billings, MT · BILLINGS, MT
- 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
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 5 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 30, 1980
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 130333
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN80FTA14
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN80FTA14

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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E-0024  80/6/21    BILLINGS,MT         PIPER PA-34         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             CERTIFICATE OTHER, AGE
        TIME - 1225                    C-GRPI              PX-  0  0  4  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  43, 610 TOTAL HOURS, 400
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - BILLINGS LOGAN
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          SPUNGBANK,CANADA            BILLINGS,MT
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: ANIMALS                                   LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - ANIMAL(S) ON RUNWAY/TAXIWAY/RAMP
        REMARKS- COLLIDED WITH DEER ON RUNWAY
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: C-GRPI (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-34
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Billings Logan

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.

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