# NTSB CHI72FEI07: Cessna 150, N60544, Cadiz, OH, July 22, 1971

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: July 22, 1971
- Place: Cadiz, OH · CADIZ, OH
- Location: 40.2563° N, 80.9924° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cadiz, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2563&lon=-80.9924&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 8, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 162473
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI72FEI07
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI72FEI07

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2637  71/7/22    CADIZ,OHIO          CESSNA 150          CR-  0  0  1  INSTRUCTIONAL             STUDENT, AGE 19, 14 TOTAL
        TIME - 1740                    N60544              PX-  0  0  0  SOLO                      HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - HARRISON CO
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          CADIZ,OHIO                  LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 TAKEOFF: RUN
           COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES                                   TAKEOFF: RUN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - TOUCH AND GO LANDING
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N60544](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N60544-2003-12-19), registration cancelled 2003-12-19, S/N 15070388, built 1969 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Registry model: [Cessna 150J](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150j) (registry code 2071820) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Harrison Co

## Other investigations on N60544 (3)

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 FTW91LA156](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW91LA156), Aug 24, 1991: Cessna 150J (N60544), Tomball, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: AN IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM A BOUNCED LANDING.
- [NTSB FTW91LA073](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW91LA073), May 5, 1991: Cessna 150J (N60544), Cypress, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: FAILURE OF THE PIC TO MAINTAIN PROPER AIRSPEED AND THE INADVERTENT STALL EXPERIENCED BY THE PILOT RATED PASSENGER. A FACTOR WAS THE PIC'S FAILURE TO ATTAIN RUNWAY ALIGNMENT.
- [NTSB MKC74AK040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC74AK040), Jan 25, 1974: Cessna 150J (N60544), Pittsburg, KS, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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