# NTSB SEA69A0049: Cessna 175, N9499B, Four Buttes, MT, March 14, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: March 14, 1969
- Place: Four Buttes, MT · FOUR BUTTES, MT
- Location: 48.8097° N, 105.6064° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Four Buttes, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.8097&lon=-105.6064&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Completed, report May 28, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 191002
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA69A0049
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA69A0049

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0658  69/3/14  NR.FOUR BUTTES,MONT   CESSNA 175          CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 50, 620
        TIME - 1625                    N9499B              PX-  2  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 420 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL                                                    IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING
           INSTRUMENTS/EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES - MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT: OTHER
        REMARKS- INOPERATIVE STALL WARNING INDICATOR.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9499B](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9499B-1971-02-25), registration cancelled 1971-02-25, S/N 55299, built 1958 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 175
- Registry model: [Cessna 175](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-175) (registry code 2072502) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental GO-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-go-300-series) (registry code 17024, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

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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