# NTSB SEA68D0234: Cessna 150H, N6550S, Hamilton, MT, January 4, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: January 4, 1968
- Place: Hamilton, MT · HAMILTON, MT
- Location: 46.2526° N, 114.1601° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hamilton, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.2526&lon=-114.1601&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 7, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 111525
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA68D0234
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA68D0234

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2529   68/1/4    HAMILTON,MONT       CESSNA 150H         CR-  0  0  1  INSTRUCTIONAL             STUDENT, AGE 19, 26 TOTAL
        TIME - 1430                    N6550S              PX-  0  0  0  SOLO                      HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - HAMILTON
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 LANDING: ROLL
           COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK                                  LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6550S](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6550S-2013-06-13), registration cancelled 2013-06-13, S/N 15067350, built 1967 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150H
- Registry model: [Cessna 150H](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150h) (registry code 2071818) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Hamilton

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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