# NTSB SEA68I0070: Cessna 402, N4046Q, Libby, MT, June 3, 1968

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: June 3, 1968
- Place: Libby, MT · LIBBY, MT
- Location: 48.3864° N, 115.5564° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Libby, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.3864&lon=-115.5564&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 20, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 109690
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA68I0070
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA68I0070

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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5-0013   68/6/3  NR.LIBBY,MONT         CESSNA 402          CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 35, 4000
        TIME - 0847                    N4046Q              PX-  0  0  1  COMMUTER AIR CARRIER      TOTAL HOURS, 630 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-MINOR        OT-  0  0  0  AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D        INSTRUMENT RATED.
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT                             IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4046Q](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4046Q-2007-11-21), registration cancelled 2007-11-21, S/N 402-0146, built 1967 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402
- Registry model: [Cessna 402](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402) (registry code 207590K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental GTSIO-520-C](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (registry code 17035, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Minor 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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