# NTSB IAD76AI081: Cessna 150, N9238U, Elkhorn City, KY, July 4, 1976

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: July 4, 1976
- Place: Elkhorn City, KY · ELKHORN CITY, KY
- Location: 37.3203° N, 82.3523° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Elkhorn City, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3203&lon=-82.3523&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Completed, report July 29, 1976
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 154898
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=IAD76AI081
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76AI081

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1967   76/7/4    ELKHORN CITY,KY     CESSNA 150          CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1930                    N9238U              PX-  2  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  AGE 23, 616 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            399 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - ELKHORN CITY
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          ELKHORN CITY,KY             LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL                                                    IN FLIGHT: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FLEW INTO BLIND CANYON
        REMARKS- FLT UP CANYON,NEAR END ACFT OBSVD IN L BANK WHICH CONT TO STEEPEN TO NEAR VERTICAL.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9238U](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9238U-2009-09-15), registration cancelled 2009-09-15, S/N 15078188, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- 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
- Airport: Elkhorn City

## 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 19760704021059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760704021059A), Jul 4, 1976: Cessna 150M, Elkhorn City, KY, Substantial damage, 2 fatal. Flt up canyon,near end acft obsvd in l bank which cont to steepen to near vertical.

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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