# Accident 19730817028909A: Cessna A150K, Louviers, CO, August 17, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 1973
- Place: Louviers, CO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 39.4799° N, 105.0033° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Louviers, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4799&lon=-105.0033&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8375M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8375M-1973-10-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A150K (registry code 2071824, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a150k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A150K
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 60 total, 26 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN74AD008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN74AD008) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730817028909A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NO WITNESSES TO SPIN ENTRY.IP DEMONSTRATED SPIN ENTRY & RECOVERY DURING TRNG. PLT UN RECOVER.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (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 DEN74AD008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN74AD008), Aug 17, 1973: Cessna A150K (N8375M), Louviers, CO, destroyed, 1 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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