- Date
- July 20, 1982, 08:05 local (14:05 UTC)
- Place
- Billings, MT
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6487DCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 20, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820720035649A
- Case key
- 69951
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The aircraft crashed during a landing on runway 27R. At the time of the accident, the winds were reported to be from 210 degrees at 11 KTS. The pilot stated that he encountered moderate turbulence during the approach. He believed that he also encountered a gust of wind when he touched down. After landing, the plane departed the right side of the runway, proceeded down an embankment, and hit several concrete blocks.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6487D
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17272831
- Airframe hours
- 9,588
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- James & Betty Brickley
- Departed
- GCC · Gillette, WY
- Destination
- Berrien Springs, MI
- Airport
- BIL · Billings Logan, runway 27, 10,500 × 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
- 26
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,265 total · 356 in this make and model · 951 as pilot in command · 374 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Temperature
- 154 °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.