# NTSB SEA70D0083: Cessna 150H, N6585S, Colfax, WA, September 1, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: September 1, 1969
- Place: Colfax, WA · COLFAX, WA
- Location: 46.9108° N, 117.3290° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Colfax, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.9108&lon=-117.3290&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 4, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 155748
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA70D0083
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA70D0083

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3862   69/9/1    COLFAX,WASH         CESSNA 150H         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 19, 52 TOTAL
        TIME - 1435                    N6585S              PX-  0  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - WHITMAN COUNTY
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION         LAST ENROUTE STOP
          SPOKANE,WASH                SPOKANE,WASH                 COLFAX,WASH
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES                                   TAKEOFF: ABORTED
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF
        REMARKS- ABORTED T/O APRX MIDWAY ON 2360FT RNWY.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6585S](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6585S-2008-10-24), registration cancelled 2008-10-24, S/N 15067385, 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: Whitman 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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