# NTSB SEA70F0129: Cessna 150H, N22640, Spokane, WA, December 15, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Closed
- Date: December 15, 1969
- Place: Spokane, WA · SPOKANE, WA
- Location: 47.6588° N, 117.4260° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Spokane, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.6588&lon=-117.4260&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report June 2, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 146763
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA70F0129
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA70F0129

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-4674  69/12/15   SPOKANE,WASH        CESSNA 150H         CR-  0  1  0  INSTRUCTIONAL             STUDENT, AGE 33, 14 TOTAL
        TIME - 1514                    N22640              PX-  0  0  0  SOLO                      HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SPOKANE INTL
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          SPOKANE,WASH                LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           TURBULENCE                                               LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE
           MISCELLANEOUS - VORTEX TURBULENCE
        REMARKS- SECOND LDG OF FIRST SOLO FLT. WAKE TURB FROM B-52 ON LOW PASS. TOWER HAD WARNED PLT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N22640](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N22640-1971-03-18), registration cancelled 1971-03-18, S/N 15068421, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150H
- Registry model: [Cessna 150H](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150h) (registry code 2071818) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Spokane Intl

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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