# NTSB CEN26LA156: Cessna 150G, N6305S, Ellicott, CO, March 21, 2026

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Preliminary report
- Date: March 21, 2026, 10:23 local (16:23 UTC)
- Place: Ellicott, CO · Open field on airport.
- Coordinates: 38.87425, -104.40984 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8743&lon=-104.4098&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach: Medical event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/850)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class: Class 3
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Parties: FAA Flight Standards
- NTSB case key (mKey): 202732
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN26LA156
- NTSB preliminary report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/202732/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA156

## Preliminary report

On March 21, 2026, about 1023 mountain daylight time, a Cessna 150G airplane, N6305S, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Ellicott, Colorado. The pilot sustained serious injuries. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The pilot reported that he recalled completing a preflight inspection, a before takeoff engine run-up, and taxing onto the runway for takeoff. He did not recall any portion of the accident sequence. A witness stated that the pilot intended to conduct some takeoffs and landings for currency. The pilot departed toward the south, and the takeoff appeared normal. The airplane went out of sight behind a hangar. However, when he regained sight of it, the airplane was on an easterly heading and in an approximate 60° left bank. The airplane subsequently impacted the ground near wings level. It came to rest on a northeast heading about 100 ft before the departure end of the runway and about 500 ft left of the centerline. The airplane sustained damage to the fuselage, empennage, and both wings. Airframe and engine examinations are planned. Figure 1 – Airplane at accident site (Police department photo)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Approach: Medical event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/850) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 150G, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/850/sequence.md?model=2071816), [All aircraft, 63 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/850/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6305S](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6305S), registered now, S/N 15067105 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150G
- Registry model: [Cessna 150G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150g) (registry code 2071816) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15067105
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Departed: CO4, Ellicott, CO
- Destination: CO4, Ellicott, CO
- Airport: CO4, Colorado Springs East, runway 17R, 4,500 × 42 ft, asphalt

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 160° at 5 knots, gusting 2
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 43 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter: 30.22 inHg
- Observed at: KFLY, 9 nm away
- METAR: METAR KFLY 231615Z AUTO 16005KT 10SM CLR 06/M02 A3022

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20260321003949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260321003949A), Mar 21, 2026: Cessna 150G, Ellicot, CO, Substantial damage. On March 21st 2026 [privacy data omitted] [privacy data omitted] took his aircraft out for touch and go's to stay up on his currency. The aircraft took off…

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.

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