# NTSB SEA68D0127: Cessna 180, N6494X, Babb, MT, September 5, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: September 5, 1967
- Place: Babb, MT · BABB, MT
- Location: 48.8879° N, 113.4511° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Babb, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.8879&lon=-113.4511&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 11, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 113941
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA68D0127
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA68D0127

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3928   67/9/5    BABB,MONT           CESSNA 180          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 40, 3000
        TIME - 1715                    N6494X              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT                                    TAXI: FROM LANDING
           NOSE OVER/DOWN                                           TAXI: FROM LANDING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           TERRAIN - HIDDEN OBSTRUCTIONS
        REMARKS- BADGER HOLE CONCEALED BY GRASS.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6494X](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6494X-1972-11-17), registration cancelled 1972-11-17, S/N 18050994, built 1961 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- Registry model: [Cessna 180D](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180d) (registry code 2072610) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage

## Other investigations on N6494X (1)

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.

- [NTSB SEA66D0188](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA66D0188), Dec 29, 1965: Cessna 180 (N6494X), Babb, MT, substantial damage

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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