# NTSB SEA66F0082: Cessna 182, N9253X, Butte, MT, April 22, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: April 22, 1965
- 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: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 28, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 178580
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA66F0082
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA66F0082

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3614  65/4/22    BUTTE MONT          CESSNA 182          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             STUDENT, AGE 34, 14 TOTAL
        TIME - 1810                    N9253X              PX-  0  0  0  PRACTICE                  HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SILVER BOW
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           TAKEOFF: RUN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE
        REMARKS- NOSE WHEEL FORK FAILED
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9253X](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9253X-1969-10-16), registration cancelled 1969-10-16, S/N 18253653 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Registry model: [Cessna 182E](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182e) (registry code 2072712) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Silver Bow

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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