# NTSB DIA70F0022: Cessna 150, N23385, Fayetteville, WV, July 16, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: July 16, 1969
- Place: Fayetteville, WV · FAYETTEVILLE, WV
- Location: 38.0641° N, 81.1087° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fayetteville, WV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0641&lon=-81.1087&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 7, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 167533
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DIA70F0022
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DIA70F0022

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1936  69/7/16    FAYETTEVILLE,W VA   CESSNA 150          CR-  0  0  1  INSTRUCTIONAL             STUDENT, AGE 32, 14 TOTAL
        TIME - 1800                    N23385              PX-  0  0  0  SOLO                      HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - FAYETTE
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           HARD LANDING                                             LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
           NOSE OVER/DOWN                                           LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH
        REMARKS- FIRST SOLO FLT, HIGH APCH WITH 40 DEG FLAPS,DOVE ACFT TO RWY.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N23385](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N23385-2017-07-07), registration cancelled 2017-07-07, S/N 15068919, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Registry model: [Cessna 150H](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150h) (registry code 2071818) (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: Fayette

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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