# NTSB SEA69F0150: Piper PA-24, N5889P, Butte, MT, October 23, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: October 23, 1968
- 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: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 29, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 107613
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA69F0150
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA69F0150

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-4190  68/10/23   BUTTE,MONT          PIPER PA-24         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 21, 62 TOTAL
        TIME - 1158                    N5889P              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  HOURS, 15 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SILVER BOW COUNTY
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           WHEELS-UP                                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: EMERGENCY/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT
           PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT
                                  SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY
        REMARKS- NOSE GR WOULD NOT LOCK OVER CENTER.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5889P](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5889P-1971-04-21), registration cancelled 1971-04-21, S/N 24-974 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24
- Registry model: [Piper PA-24-250](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (registry code 7102404) (OpenAirDocs)
- 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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