# NTSB MKC72AK016: Cessna 150B, N1291Y, Victoria, KS, August 21, 1971

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: August 21, 1971
- Place: Victoria, KS · VICTORIA, KS
- Location: 38.8537° N, 99.1472° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Victoria, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8537&lon=-99.1472&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report April 11, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 163096
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC72AK016
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC72AK016

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3263  71/8/21    VICTORIA,KANS       CESSNA 150B         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             STUDENT, AGE 57, 34 TOTAL
        TIME - 0115                    N1291Y              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          WATONGA,KANS                MOORELAND,OKLA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT
           PILOT IN COMMAND - EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT
        REMARKS- BLOOD ALCOHOL LVL 0.143%.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1291Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1291Y-1971-10-13), registration cancelled 1971-10-13, S/N 150-59691 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150B
- Registry model: [Cessna 150B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150b) (registry code 2071806) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

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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