# NTSB CHI72FET14: Cessna 150H, N7240S, South Bend, IN, February 22, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Closed
- Date: February 22, 1972
- Place: South Bend, IN · SOUTH BEND, IN
- Location: 41.6834° N, 86.2500° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of South Bend, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6834&lon=-86.2500&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report October 4, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 165136
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI72FET14
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI72FET14

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0340  72/2/22    SOUTH BEND,IND      CESSNA 150H         CR-  0  0  1  INSTRUCTIONAL             STUDENT, AGE 39, 25 TOTAL
        TIME - 1124                    N7240S              PX-  0  0  0  TRAINING                  HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - ST.JOSEPH COUNTY
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          SOUTH BEND,IND              LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           TURBULENCE                                               LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - VORTEX TURBULENCE
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - TOUCH AND GO LANDING
        REMARKS- PLT WAS AWARE OF POSSIBLE WAKE TURB FROM CV-580.WAS APRXLY 1 MI BEHIND.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7240S](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7240S-1975-05-23), registration cancelled 1975-05-23, S/N 15067940 (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: St.Joseph County

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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