# Accident 19760704021059A: Cessna 150M, Elkhorn City, KY, July 4, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 4, 1976
- Place: Elkhorn City, KY
- Airport: Elkhorn City
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 37.3203° N, 82.3523° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Elkhorn City, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3203&lon=-82.3523&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9238U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9238U-2009-09-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150M (registry code 2071830, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 616 total, 399 in this make and model, 235 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD76AI081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76AI081) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760704021059A

## Narrative

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

FLT UP CANYON,NEAR END ACFT OBSVD IN L BANK WHICH CONT TO STEEPEN TO NEAR VERTICAL.

## 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 IAD76AI081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76AI081), Jul 4, 1976: Cessna 150 (N9238U), Elkhorn City, KY, substantial damage, 3 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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