# Accident 19761222040189A: Cessna A150K, Trenton, KY, December 22, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 22, 1976
- Place: Trenton, KY
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 36.7209° N, 87.2622° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Trenton, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7209&lon=-87.2622&mi=10
- Aircraft: N11269, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N11269-2011-01-05) (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 A150K
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 780 total, 65 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD77DLQ04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD77DLQ04) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761222040189A

## Narrative

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

ACFT ENTERED STEEP SPIRAL AFTER DESCENDING LEFT TURN.

## 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 IAD77DLQ04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD77DLQ04), Dec 22, 1976: Cessna 150 (N11269), Trenton, KY, destroyed

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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