# NTSB LAX67A0054: Cessna 150, N6955F, Santee, CA, November 30, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: November 30, 1966
- Place: Santee, CA · SANTEE, CA
- Location: 32.8550° N, 116.9861° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santee, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8550&lon=-116.9861&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report May 12, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 120042
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX67A0054
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX67A0054

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-1020  66/11/30   SANTEE CALIF        CESSNA 150          CR-  1  0  0  INSTRUCTIONAL             STUDENT, AGE 34, 24 TOTAL
        TIME - 1340                    N6955F              PX-  0  0  0  TRAINING                  HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - GILLESPIE FIELD
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL: SPIN                                              LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT
                                  UNUSUAL NOISE
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- PILOT SEAT BELT OBSERVED FLAPPING AGAINST OUTSIDE OF AIRCRAFT ON TAKEOFF CLIMB.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6955F](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6955F-1967-11-15), registration cancelled 1967-11-15, S/N 15063555 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Registry model: [Cessna 150F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150f) (registry code 2071814) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Gillespie Field

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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