# NTSB CHI69A0047: Cessna 150H, N6519S, Mattoon, IL, November 7, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: November 7, 1968
- Place: Mattoon, IL · MATTOON, IL
- Location: 39.4778° N, 88.3622° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mattoon, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4778&lon=-88.3622&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report February 5, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 107635
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI69A0047
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI69A0047

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-4268   68/11/7   MATTOON,ILL         CESSNA 150H         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1600                    N6519S              PX-  1  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  AGE 29, 490 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            384 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - COLES COUNTY
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL                                                    LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6519S](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6519S-1970-09-24), registration cancelled 1970-09-24, S/N 15067319, built 1967 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150H
- Registry model: [Cessna 150H](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150h) (registry code 2071818) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Coles County

## Other investigations on N6519S (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 CHI69F0132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI69F0132), Jul 12, 1968: Cessna 150 (N6519S), Mattoon, IL, substantial damage

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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