# NTSB OAK71AP046: Cessna 150, N6663G, Minden, NV, May 16, 1971

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: May 16, 1971
- Place: Minden, NV · MINDEN, NV
- Location: 38.9646° N, 119.7666° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Minden, NV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9646&lon=-119.7666&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report November 30, 1971
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 161065
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK71AP046
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK71AP046

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0952  71/5/16    MINDEN,NEV          CESSNA 150          CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 31, 139
        TIME - 1015                    N6663G              PX-  1  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - DOUGLAS COUNTY
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          MINDEN,NEV                  LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL                                                    IN FLIGHT: BUZZING
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- OBSVD MAKING SERIES OF FIGURE EIGHTS NEAR GND LEVEL.STEEP CLIMB ANGLE OBSVD DRG LAST TURN.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6663G](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6663G-1971-08-24), registration cancelled 1971-08-24, S/N 15072163 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Registry model: [Cessna 150L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (registry code 2071826) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Douglas County

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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