# NTSB FTW72DRJ09: Cessna 150, N6881G, Nacogdoches, TX, September 16, 1971

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: September 16, 1971
- Place: Nacogdoches, TX · NACOGDOCHES, TX
- Location: 31.6124° N, 94.6520° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Nacogdoches, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.6124&lon=-94.6520&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 21, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 163896
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW72DRJ09
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW72DRJ09

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3433  71/9/16    NACOGDOCHES,TEX     CESSNA 150          CR-  0  0  1  INSTRUCTIONAL             STUDENT, AGE 24, 16 TOTAL
        TIME - 1000                    N6881G              PX-  0  0  0  SOLO                      HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - DEL RENTZEL
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          NACOGDOCHES,TEX             LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           UNDERSHOOT                                               LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE
        FACTOR(S)
           TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
        REMARKS- ACFT HIT 6FT PINE TREES,THEN HIT GRD SHORT OF THE RWY.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6881G](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6881G-2011-06-13), registration cancelled 2011-06-13, S/N 15072381 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Registry model: [Cessna 150L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (registry code 2071826) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Del Rentzel

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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