# NTSB FTW78FRJ23: Cessna 150M, N6447K, Mt.Pleasant, TX, June 18, 1978

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Closed
- Date: June 18, 1978
- Place: Mt.Pleasant, TX · MT.PLEASANT, TX
- Location: 33.1582° N, 94.9745° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mount Pleasant, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1582&lon=-94.9745&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report July 26, 1978
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 141433
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW78FRJ23
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78FRJ23

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1646  78/6/18    MT.PLEASANT,TX      CESSNA 150M         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 40, 553
        TIME - 1100                    N6447K              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 98 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          SHERMAN,TX                  MT.PLEASANT,TX
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT                                    LANDING: ROLL
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     LANDING: GO-AROUND
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN
        FACTOR(S)
           TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN
           TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
        REMARKS- HIT RISE,BECAME AIRBORNE.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6447K](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6447K-2018-03-27), registration cancelled 2018-03-27, S/N 15077708, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Registry model: [Cessna 150M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (registry code 2071830) (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

## 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 19780618014879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780618014879A), Jun 18, 1978: Cessna A150K, Mt.Pleasant, TX, Destroyed. Hit rise,became airborne.

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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