# NTSB CHI79FEM32: Cessna 150E, Dafter, MI, August 1, 1979

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: August 1, 1979
- Place: Dafter, MI · DAFTER, MI
- Location: 46.3600° N, 84.4273° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dafter, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.3600&lon=-84.4273&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 17, 1979
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 133950
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI79FEM32
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FEM32

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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E-0006   79/8/1  NR.DAFTER,MI          CESSNA 150E         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 32, 170
        TIME - 1307                    C-FXCC              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 74 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          SAULT ST.MARIE,CANAD        WIARTON,CANADA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION                            IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
           COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS                          LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           POWERPLANT - ENGINE CONTROLS: THROTTLE-POWER LEVER ASSEMBLIES
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISSING
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT
        PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
        REMARKS- THROTTLE DISCONNECTED FROM CARB.CARB CONTROL ARMBOLT,WASHER & NUT NOT FOUND.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: C-FXCC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150E
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: 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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