# NTSB DEN72AD050: Cessna 150, N7013S, Kersey, CO, May 8, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: May 8, 1972
- Place: Kersey, CO · KERSEY, CO
- Location: 40.3955° N, 104.5783° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kersey, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3955&lon=-104.5783&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report November 28, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 165713
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN72AD050
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN72AD050

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7013S-1972-10-18), registration cancelled 1972-10-18, S/N 15067713 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Registry model: [Cessna 150H](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150h) (registry code 2071818) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

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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