# NTSB OAK69A0017: Cessna 150, N8829G, East Ely, NV, September 9, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: September 9, 1968
- Place: East Ely, NV · EAST ELY, NV
- Location: 39.2549° N, 114.8692° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of East Ely, NV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2549&lon=-114.8692&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report November 22, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 107744
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK69A0017
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK69A0017

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3332   68/9/9    EAST ELY,NEV        CESSNA 150          CR-  1  0  0  INSTRUCTIONAL             STUDENT, AGE 36, 20 TOTAL
        TIME - 0701                    N8829G              PX-  0  0  0  TRAINING                  HOURS, 8 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL                                                    IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
        REMARKS- PRACTICING S-TURNS ALONG ROAD.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8829G](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8829G-1970-07-10), registration cancelled 1970-07-10, S/N 15062929 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Registry model: [Cessna 150](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150) (registry code 2071802) (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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