# NTSB DEN79DTC10: Cessna 150, N6411K, Afton, WY, March 14, 1979

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: March 14, 1979
- Place: Afton, WY · AFTON, WY
- Location: 42.7263° N, 110.9320° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Afton, WY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7263&lon=-110.9320&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 7, 1979
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 137589
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN79DTC10
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN79DTC10

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0674  79/3/14    AFTON,WY            CESSNA 150          CR-  0  0  1  INSTRUCTIONAL             STUDENT, AGE 21, 22 TOTAL
        TIME - 1615                    N6411K              PX-  0  0  0  TRAINING                  HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - AFTON MUNICIPAL
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION         LAST ENROUTE STOP
          JACKSON,WY                  JACKSON,WY                   AFTON,WY
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK                                  LANDING: GO-AROUND
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE
           PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PREMATURE FLAP RETRACTION
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6411K](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6411K-2021-08-19), registration cancelled 2021-08-19, S/N 15077689, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Registry model: [Cessna 150M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (registry code 2071830) (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: Substantial damage
- Airport: Afton Municipal

## 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 19790314004719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790314004719A), Mar 14, 1979: Cessna 150, Afton, WY, Substantial damage. Student pilot attempted go around. Aircraft continued to descend, striking a snow bank.

## Other investigations on N6411K (1)

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.

- [NTSB MKC89LA106](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC89LA106), May 7, 1989: Cessna 150 (N6411K), Minneapolis, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOTS FAILURE TO PROPERLY CALCULATE FUEL CONSUMPTION WHICH RESULTED IN AN INADEQUATE FUEL RESERVE AND FUEL EXHAUSTION PRIOR TO REACHING HIS DESTINATION. DURING THE ENSUING FORCED LANDING THE…

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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