- Date
- July 9, 1982, 08:19 local (14:19 UTC)
- Place
- Billings, MT
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5356PPiper PA-24-250
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 9, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820709026409A
- Case key
- 69950
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Plt decided to land enroute due wx. At 0803 he contacted Billings fss & was advised Billings wx was 5,000 ft broken. At 0809 he called Billings approach control (a/c) & advised he was 20 mi for landing. Enroute to arpt he was unable to locate the arpt due wx until 0818 when tower cleared to land on rwy 4. The acft touched down about 2/3 down the rwy, skidded off the rwy to a point where the ground drops off abruptly. The acft was then airborne for another 130 ft beforeimpacting the ground in a near vertical attitude. At no time during the rapidly deteriorating wx conditions were specialwx observations taken. During the approach the plt was instructed to descend to 4,000 ft. the arpt elevation is 3,649 ft. the plt never mentioned he had received the ATIS info which indicated winds from the sw, nor did a/c or the tower advise the plt of the downwind conditions.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5356P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24404
- Airframe hours
- 2,982
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-A1A5, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Dr. Robert Blandin Beans
- Registered owner
- Dr. Robert Blandin Beans
- Departed
- C · Casper, WY
- Destination
- C · Great Falls, MT
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- Billings-Logan Intl, runway 4, 5,704 × 150 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 69
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 3,320 total · 370 in this make and model · 3,216 as pilot in command · 43 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 400 ft broken
- Temperature
- 133 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BIL
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.