# NTSB DIA68A0040: Cessna 150F, N8120F, Churchville, MD, March 28, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: March 28, 1968
- Place: Churchville, MD · CHURCHVILLE, MD
- Location: 39.5612° N, 76.2455° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Churchville, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5612&lon=-76.2455&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report June 10, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 111354
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DIA68A0040
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DIA68A0040

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1044  68/3/28    CHURCHVILLE,MD      CESSNA 150F         CR-  2  0  0  INSTRUCTIONAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1559                    N8120F              PX-  0  0  0  DUAL                      AGE 24, 435 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            150 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED                  IN FLIGHT: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        REMARKS- ACFT STRUCK GRND,AT HIGH RATE OF SPEED,ON ITS BACK FROM A DIVE.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8120F](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8120F-1970-06-30), registration cancelled 1970-06-30, S/N 15064220 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150F
- Registry model: [Cessna 150F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150f) (registry code 2071814) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

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