# NTSB SEA69A0009: Cessna T-50, N50615, Ellensburg, WA, July 27, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: July 27, 1968
- Place: Ellensburg, WA · ELLENSBURG, WA
- Location: 47.0001° N, 120.5495° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ellensburg, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.0001&lon=-120.5495&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Completed, report May 5, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 108706
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA69A0009
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA69A0009

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-4713  68/7/27  NR.ELLENSBURG,WASH    CESSNA T-50         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 44, 1115
        TIME - 1025                    N50615              PX-  2  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED                  IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE
           PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- OBSERVED TO STRIKE GRND DURING STEEP TURN BELOW OBSTRUCTING TERRAIN.BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL 322 MG PCT
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N50615](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N50615-1971-07-14), registration cancelled 1971-07-14, S/N 4905 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T-50
- Registry model: [Cessna T-50](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t-50) (registry code 2071302) (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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