DEN72AD050

NTSB accident investigation · Cessna 150 · Kersey, CO · May 8, 1972

Accident · FatalClosed
Date
May 8, 1972
Place
Kersey, CO · KERSEY, CO
Injuries
2 fatal
Damage
Destroyed
Phase of flight
Enroute
Aircraft
N7013SCessna 150
Status
Completed · report November 28, 1972
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
165713

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NTSB brief

NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0715   72/5/8    KERSEY,COLO         CESSNA 150          CR-  2  0  0  INSTRUCTIONAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1610                    N7013S              PX-  0  0  0  DUAL                      AGE 28, 921 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            631 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          GREELEY,COLO                LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL: SPIN                                              IN FLIGHT: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED
        REMARKS- OBS SAW ACFT ENTER SPIN ABOUT 3000 FT AGL. SPIN BELIEVED INTNTL.UN RECOVER.IP SEAT BELT UNFASTENED

Aircraft

Registration
N7013S
Reported as
Cessna 150
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Destroyed

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.