# NTSB SEA67F0193: Piper PA-30, N7730Y, Billings, MT, November 12, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: November 12, 1966
- 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: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 17, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 178774
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA67F0193
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA67F0193

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-4232  66/11/12   BILLINGS MONT       PIPER PA-30         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 56, 1250
        TIME - 1130                    N7730Y              PX-  0  0  3  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 50 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - LOGAN FIELD
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           WHEELS-UP                                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FROZEN, MOISTURE
        REMARKS- SLUSH THROWN INTO WHEEL WELLS DURING T/O FROZE AT ALTIDUDE.LNDG GR CRKT BKR TRIPPED DURING GR EXTN
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7730Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7730Y-2013-05-09), registration cancelled 2013-05-09, S/N 30-819, built 1965 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-30
- Registry model: [Piper PA-30](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (registry code 7103002) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming IO-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (registry code 41509, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Logan Field

## Other investigations on N7730Y (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 DEN91FA126](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN91FA126), Sep 11, 1991: Piper PA-30 (N7730Y), Ft. Carson, CO, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE LOSS OF POWER TO BOTH ENGINES DUE FIRST TO FUEL STARVATION FOLLOWED BY FUEL EXHAUSTION, THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO REFUEL, AND THE INADVERTENT STALL. A FACTOR WAS: THE PILOT'S IMPROPER USE OF…

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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