# NTSB SEA75FTA12: Cessna 177, N2308Y, Billings, MT, February 6, 1975

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: February 6, 1975
- 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: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 27, 1975
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 146915
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA75FTA12
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA75FTA12

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0121   75/2/6    BILLINGS,MT         CESSNA 177          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 55, 315
        TIME - 1745                    N2308Y              PX-  1  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 38 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-MINOR        OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - BILLINGS LOGAN
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          MILES CITY,MT               BILLINGS,MT
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           PROPELLER/ROTOR ACCIDENT TO PERSON                       STATIC: IDLING ENGINE(S)
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER
        REMARKS- PAX DEPLANED,WALKED INTO PROP.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2308Y](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2308Y), registered now, S/N 17700108, built 1967 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177
- Registry model: [Cessna 177](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177) (registry code 2073704) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Minor damage
- Airport: Billings Logan

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19750206001199A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750206001199A), Feb 6, 1975: Cessna 177, Billings, MT, Minor damage, 1 fatal. Pax deplaned,walked into prop.

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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