# NTSB MKC72AK061: Cessna 150K, N8461M, Grimes, IA, May 18, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: May 18, 1972
- Place: Grimes, IA · GRIMES, IA
- Location: 41.6777° N, 93.8022° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Grimes, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6777&lon=-93.8022&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report December 12, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 166661
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC72AK061
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC72AK061

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0898  72/5/18    GRIMES,IOWA         CESSNA 150K         CR-  2  0  0  INSTRUCTIONAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 0535                    N8461M              PX-  0  0  0  DUAL                      AGE 29, 3446 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            1684 IN TYPE, NOT
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - DODGE
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          DES MOINES,IOWA             LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        REMARKS- LOSS OF CTL AT TOO LOW ALT TO RECOVER FOR UNDETERMINED REASON. IMPACTED IN NEAR VERTICAL ATTITUDE.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8461M](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8461M-1972-08-14), registration cancelled 1972-08-14, S/N A150 00161 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150K
- Registry model: [Cessna A150K](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a150k) (registry code 2071824) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Dodge

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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