# Accident 19740905031049A: Cessna A150K, Southbury, CT, September 5, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 1974
- Place: Southbury, CT
- Airport: Purchase Hill
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 41.4815° N, 73.2132° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Southbury, CT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4815&lon=-73.2132&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6861G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6861G-1974-10-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150L (registry code 2071826, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A150K
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 45 total, 45 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC75AN031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC75AN031) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740905031049A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PLT WITH PAX. HIT TREES.

## 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 NYC75AN031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC75AN031), Sep 5, 1974: Cessna 150L (N6861G), Southbury, CT, destroyed, 1 fatal

## Other reports on N6861G (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19731110039149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731110039149A), Nov 10, 1973: Cessna A150K (N6861G), Oxford, CT, Substantial damage. Lndd tail low airframe substantially dmgd.

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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