# NTSB CHI80DA044: Cessna 150, N11960, St Paul, MN, May 23, 1980

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: May 23, 1980
- Place: St Paul, MN · ST PAUL, MN
- Location: 44.9444° N, 93.0933° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Paul, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9444&lon=-93.0933&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 3, 1980
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 130851
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI80DA044
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80DA044

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1083  80/5/23    ST PAUL,MN          CESSNA 150          CR-  1  0  1  INSTRUCTIONAL             STUDENT, AGE 49, 78 TOTAL
        TIME - 1345                    N11960              PX-  0  0  0  CHECK                     HOURS, 60 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-NONE         OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          ST PAUL,MN                  LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           MISCELLANEOUS                                            IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INCAPACITATION
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT SUFFERED HEART ATTACK
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N11960](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N11960-1991-05-17), registration cancelled 1991-05-17, S/N 15075738 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Registry model: [Cessna 150L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (registry code 2071826) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: No damage

## 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 19800523017799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800523017799A), May 23, 1980: Cessna 150L, St Paul, MN. Pilot suffered heart attack during flight test. Check pilot landed airplane.

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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