# Accident 19760117000499A: Cessna 150L, Ellensburg, WA, January 17, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 17, 1976
- Place: Ellensburg, WA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Location: 47.0001° N, 120.5495° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ellensburg, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.0001&lon=-120.5495&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5294Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5294Q-1995-02-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150L (registry code 2071826, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA76DYG30](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA76DYG30) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760117000499A

## Narrative

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

STOLEN ACFT.FUEL SELECTOR BTWN ON & OFF POSITIONS,PRIMER 1/4IN FM LOCKED PSN.

## 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 SEA76DYG30](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA76DYG30), Jan 17, 1976: Cessna 150L (N5294Q), Ellensburg, WA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5294Q (1)

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

- [Accident 19920408009219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920408009219A), Apr 8, 1992: Cessna 150L (N5294Q), Ione, WA, Destroyed. Began go around with flaps down. Usable climb speed. Drifted and stalled into trees and ground.

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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