# NTSB FTW75FRD26: Cessna 150L, N16121, Kinder, LA, January 27, 1975

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Closed
- Date: January 27, 1975
- Place: Kinder, LA · KINDER, LA
- Location: 30.4831° N, 92.8520° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kinder, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4831&lon=-92.8520&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report March 31, 1975
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 147984
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW75FRD26
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW75FRD26

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0317  75/1/27    KINDER,LA           CESSNA 150L         CR-  0  1  0  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 31, 1040
        TIME - 1645                    N16121              PX-  0  0  0  POWER/PIPELINE            TOTAL HOURS, 1004 IN
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          JENNINGS,LA                 LAKE CHARLES,LA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        REMARKS- ACFT CAPABLE OF NORMAL OPN.HIT GRND IN L DSCND TURN FOR UNDET REASON.PLT UN RECALL EVENTS.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N16121](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N16121-1976-05-13), registration cancelled 1976-05-13, S/N 15073492 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Registry model: [Cessna 150L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (registry code 2071826) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage

## 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 19750127003379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750127003379A), Jan 27, 1975: Cessna 150L, Kinder, LA, Substantial damage. Acft capable of normal opn. Hit grnd in l dscnd turn for undet reason. Plt un recall events.

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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