# NTSB DEN67A0031: Cessna 150F, N7981F, Erie, CO, November 5, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: November 5, 1966
- Place: Erie, CO · ERIE, CO
- Location: 40.0403° N, 105.0383° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Erie, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0403&lon=-105.0383&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report May 10, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 120621
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN67A0031
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN67A0031

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0969   66/11/5   ERIE COLO           CESSNA 150F         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 22, 113
        TIME - 1010                    N7981F              PX-  1  0  0  PRACTICE                  TOTAL HOURS, 109 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL: SPIN                                              IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
        REMARKS- AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED TO PARTIALLY RECOVER FROM SPIN,BEFORE IT CRASHED.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7981F](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7981F-2017-11-21), registration cancelled 2017-11-21, S/N 15064081, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150F
- Registry model: [Cessna 150F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150f) (registry code 2071814) (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: Destroyed

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