# NTSB MKC76DCQ29: Cessna 150, N18513, Colby, KS, January 28, 1976

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: January 28, 1976
- Place: Colby, KS · COLBY, KS
- Location: 39.3833° N, 101.0460° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Colby, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3833&lon=-101.0460&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 25, 1976
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 151991
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC76DCQ29
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC76DCQ29

## NTSB brief

```
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0009  76/1/28    COLBY,KS            CESSNA 150          CR-  0  0  2  INSTRUCTIONAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1630                    N18513              PX-  0  0  0  DUAL                      AGE 24, 1170 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            870 IN TYPE, NOT
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - COLBY MUNICIPAL
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          COLBY,KS                    LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           DUAL STUDENT - CONTROL INTERFERENCE
        REMARKS- STUDENT FAM FLT,PULLED NOSE OF ACFT UP UNTIL IT STALLED.IP WAS ABLE TO EFFECT A PARTIAL RECOVERY
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N18513 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Colby Municipal

## 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 19760128000869A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760128000869A), Jan 28, 1976: Cessna 150L, Colby, KS, Substantial damage. Student fam flt,pulled nose of acft up until it stalled. Ip was able to effect a partial recovery

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.