# NTSB OAK69A0020: Cessna 150G, N6245S, Crescent City, CA, October 4, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: October 4, 1968
- Place: Crescent City, CA · CRESCENT CITY, CA
- Location: 41.7645° N, 124.2008° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Crescent City, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7645&lon=-124.2008&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report June 13, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 192155
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK69A0020
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK69A0020

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-4783   68/10/4 NR.CRESCENT CITY,CAL  CESSNA 150G         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 28, 116
        TIME - 2250                    N6245S              PX-  1  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 64 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES                               LANDING: OTHER
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     LANDING: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH
        FACTOR(S)
           TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
           WEATHER - LOW CEILING
           WEATHER - FOG
        WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE
        WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
                                  LOW ON FUEL
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          OBSCURATION                                               0
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          1/4 MILE OR LESS                                         NONE
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TEMPERATURE-F
          FOG                                                       54
        WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES                                   WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS
          340                                                       5
        TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS                               TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          IFR                                                      VFR
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- ON TOP OF OVERCAST NITE FLT,LACKING FUEL STOPS.ATTEMPTED LDG ON ROAD.STALLED AFTER TREE STRIKE.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6245S](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6245S-1970-06-25), registration cancelled 1970-06-25, S/N 150-67045 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150G
- 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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