# Accident 19760211001789A: Cessna 150M, Brighton, CO, February 11, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 11, 1976
- Place: Brighton, CO
- Airport: Van Aire
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Location: 39.9834° N, 104.7045° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VAN AIRE (CO12), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9834&lon=-104.7045&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3445V (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 98 total, 74 in this make and model, 39 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN76FTE50](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN76FTE50) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760211001789A

## Narrative

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

PLT GROUNDLOOPED ACFT TO AVOID DITCH. MIXT CTL FOUND IN FULL LEAN POS.

## 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 DEN76FTE50](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN76FTE50), Feb 11, 1976: Cessna 150M (N3445V), Brighton, CO, substantial damage

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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