- Date
- July 9, 1978
- Place
- Billings, MT · BILLINGS, MT
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N1780DCessna 170A
- Status
- Completed · report August 22, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780709019139A
- Case key
- 141320
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1619 78/7/9 BILLINGS,MT CESSNA 170A CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 49, 1900 TIME - 0215 N1780D PX- 0 0 0 OTHER TOTAL HOURS, 500 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PORT ANGELES,WA PORT ANGELES,WA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - INCAPACITATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT FATIGUE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - HYPOXIA REMARKS- NON-STOP,CLOSED-CIRCUIT DIST RECORD ATMT OF 3080MI.CRASHED APRX 22HRS AFTR TKOF.NO OXYGEN,HIGH ALT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1780D
- Reported as
- Cessna 170A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.