# NTSB IAD79FA094: Cessna 150M, N6096K, Louisville, KY, September 29, 1979

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: September 29, 1979
- Place: Louisville, KY · LOUISVILLE, KY
- Location: 38.2542° N, 85.7594° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Louisville, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2542&lon=-85.7594&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 2, 1980
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 133303
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=IAD79FA094
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79FA094

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3665  79/9/29    LOUISVILLE,KY       CESSNA 150M         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 21, 62 TOTAL
        TIME - 2030                    N6096K              PX-  0  0  0  PRACTICE                  HOURS, 22 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - BOWMAN FIELD
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          LEXINGTON,KY                EVANSVILLE,IN
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES                                   TAXI: FROM LANDING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - TAXIED/PARKED WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE
        FACTOR(S)
           SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: OTHER
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: UNMARKED OBSTRUCTIONS
        REMARKS- DIVERTED TO AVOID WX.MAIN GEAR DROPPED IN HOLE NR TWY WHILE TAXIING W/O TWY LITES,LDG LIGHT INOP.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6096K](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6096K-2013-04-25), registration cancelled 2013-04-25, S/N 15077524, 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
- Airport: Bowman Field

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Incident 19790929042239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790929042239I), Sep 29, 1979: Cessna 150M, Louisville, KY, Minor damage. Taxied into unmarked manhole near unlighted taxiway. Airplanes landing/taxi light inoperative.

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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