# Accident 19790908023089A: Cessna 150, Monticello, MN, September 8, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 1979, 10:15 local time
- Place: Monticello, MN
- Airport: Flynn
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.3179° N, 93.7772° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Flynn Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.3179&lon=-93.7772&mi=10
- Aircraft: N60321 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 408 total, 154 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC79FER72](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79FER72) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790908023089A

## Narrative

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

ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF WITH FLAPS INAVERTENTLY IN FULL DOWN POSITION. UNABLE TO CLIMB. CRASHED IN CORN FIELD.

## 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 MKC79FER72](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79FER72), Sep 8, 1979: Cessna 150J (N60321), Monticello, MN, 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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