Piper PA-31 Cheyenne crash, Apr 20, 2020 (1 killed), Bill...
Piper PA-31 Cheyenne accident on April 20, 2020 near Billings-Logan, Montana, United States with 1 fatality. Cause: Degraded airplane performance after...
- Date: April 20, 2020
- Aircraft: Piper PA-31 Cheyenne
- Location: Billings-Logan, Montana, United States
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Degraded airplane performance after takeoff for reasons that could not be determined from available evidence
A Piper Cheyenne took off from Billings Logan on a private flight to do traffic pattern work. After takeoff the pilot did not answer two instructions to enter the left pattern, and the aircraft stayed on runway heading, climbed to about 100 feet and then dropped off radar. It crashed in a coulee about 1.5 miles west of the airport and the pilot was killed. The NTSB could not determine why performance degraded.