# NTSB SEA66D0276: Cessna 180, N4590B, Butte, MT, May 9, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: May 9, 1966
- Place: Butte, MT · BUTTE, MT
- Location: 46.0038° N, 112.5347° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Butte, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.0038&lon=-112.5347&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 4, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 171756
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA66D0276
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA66D0276

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1370   66/5/9    BUTTE MONT          CESSNA 180          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 57, 1412
        TIME - 1515                    N4590B              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SILVER BOW COUNTY
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT                                    TAXI: TO TAKEOFF
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS
        REMARKS- TAXIED INTO JET FUEL PUMP
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N4590B (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Silver Bow County

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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