# NTSB FTW76DPM25: Cessna 150, N3579L, Chelsea, OK, June 3, 1976

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Closed
- Date: June 3, 1976
- Place: Chelsea, OK · CHELSEA, OK
- Location: 36.5320° N, 95.4346° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chelsea, OK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.5320&lon=-95.4346&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 28, 1976
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 153935
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW76DPM25
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76DPM25

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1482   76/6/3    CHELSEA,OK          CESSNA 150          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 1769
        TIME - 1945                    N3579L              PX-  0  1  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 400 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-NONE         OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - DRUMHELLER
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          TULSA,OK                    CHELSEA,OK
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           PROPELLER/ROTOR ACCIDENT TO PERSON                       STATIC: IDLING ENGINE(S)
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER
        REMARKS- ENPLANING PAX RAN INTO ROTATING PROPELLER.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3579L](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3579L-2014-10-02), registration cancelled 2014-10-02, S/N 15062379, built 1965 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Registry model: [Cessna 150F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150f) (registry code 2071814) (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: No damage
- Airport: Drumheller

## 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 19760603013779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760603013779A), Jun 3, 1976: Cessna 150F, Chelsea, OK. Enplaning pax ran into rotating propeller.

## Other investigations on N3579L (1)

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.

- [NTSB FTW68D0012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW68D0012), Jun 6, 1967: Cessna 150F (N3579L), Geronimo, OK, 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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