# NTSB FTW70A0026: Cessna 150, N50509, Missing Aircraft, August 23, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: August 23, 1969
- Place: Missing Aircraft · MISSING AIRCRAFT, UN
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report January 5, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 158613
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW70A0026
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW70A0026

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2674  69/8/23    MISSING AIRCRAFT    CESSNA 150          CR-  1  0  0  INSTRUCTIONAL             STUDENT, AGE 27, 34 TOTAL
        TIME - UNK/NR                  N50509              PX-  0  0  0  TRAINING                  HOURS, 32 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION         LAST ENROUTE STOP
          HOUSTON,TEX                 HOUSTON,TEX                  LAKE JACKSON,TEX
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           MISSING AIRCRAFT,NOT RECOVERED                           UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        REMARKS- INJURY INDEX AND ACFT DAMAGE PRESUMED.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N50509](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N50509-1970-06-26), registration cancelled 1970-06-26, S/N 15069355, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Registry model: [Cessna 150](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150) (registry code 2071802) (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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