# Accident 19760609015579A: Cessna 150L, Colby, KS, June 9, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 9, 1976
- Place: Colby, KS
- Airport: Colby
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Location: 39.3833° N, 101.0460° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Colby, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3833&lon=-101.0460&mi=10
- Aircraft: N16025, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N16025-2009-10-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150L (registry code 2071826, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 48 total, 43 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC76DCQ60](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC76DCQ60) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760609015579A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK GND NOSE FIRST.

## 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 MKC76DCQ60](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC76DCQ60), Jun 9, 1976: Cessna 150 (N16025), Colby, KS, substantial damage

## Other reports on N16025 (1)

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

- [Accident 19790819020759A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790819020759A), Aug 19, 1979: Cessna 150 (N16025), Odessa, MO, Substantial damage. Student pilot became lost and low on fuel. Hit tree attempting precautionary landing on road.

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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