# Accident 19810418017709A: Cessna 150, Oglethorpe, GA, April 18, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 18, 1981, 18:30 local time
- Place: Oglethorpe, GA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.2932° N, 84.0628° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Oglethorpe, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2932&lon=-84.0628&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6441T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6441T-1983-05-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150 (registry code 2071802, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 176 total, 60 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL81DKG14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81DKG14) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810418017709A

## Narrative

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

STALLED AIRPLANE DURING STEEP TURN FOLLOWING RIVER AT A LOW ALTITUDE. AIRPLANE STRUCK RIVER AND SANK.

## 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 ATL81DKG14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81DKG14), Apr 18, 1981: Cessna 150 (N6441T), Oglethorpe, GA, 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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