# NTSB SEA72FTA05: Cessna 150, N7971E, Sand Springs, MT, August 1, 1971

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: August 1, 1971
- Place: Sand Springs, MT · SAND SPRINGS, MT
- Location: 47.1008° N, 107.4856° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sand Springs, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.1008&lon=-107.4856&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 14, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 162977
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA72FTA05
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA72FTA05

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2769   71/8/1    SAND SPRINGS,MONT   CESSNA 150          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 23, 139
        TIME - 1830                    N7971E              PX-  0  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 39 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          SAND SPRINGS,MONT           LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS                          LANDING: GO-AROUND
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN
           PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND
        FACTOR(S)
           TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND
        REMARKS- ATMTD LDG IN HAYFIELD,ROUGH TRRN,PLT MADE GOARND,DID NOT CLEAR FENCE AT THE END OF THE FLD.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N7971E (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage

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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