# NTSB IAD75AI024: Cessna 150, Johnson City, TN, October 13, 1974

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Date: October 13, 1974
- Place: Johnson City, TN · JOHNSON CITY, TN
- Location: 36.3134° N, 82.3535° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Johnson City, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: DirectorBrief, October 31, 1974
- NTSB case key (mKey): 141127
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=IAD75AI024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD75AI024

## NTSB brief

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3028  74/10/13   JOHNSON CITY,TENN   CESSNA 150          CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             STUDENT, AGE 32, 44 TOTAL
        TIME - 1739                    N60125              PX-  0  0  0  PRACTICE                  HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - JOHNSON CITY
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION         LAST ENROUTE STOP
          TRI CITY,TENN               RETURN                       JOHNSON CITY,TENN
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL: SPIN                                              TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
        FACTOR(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - OPERATED CARELESSLY
        REMARKS- ACFT OBSVD TO CLB VERY STEEP,FALL OFF TO THE L,SPIN.FLT OPN DESCRIBED AS RECKLESS.
```

## Sequence of events

- Initial climb

## Aircraft

- Registration: N60125, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N60125-1975-05-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Registry model: Cessna 150J (registry code 2071820, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: JOHNSON CITY
- FAA reports: 19741013033829A (https://openairdocs.org/incident/19741013033829A) (OpenAirDocs)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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