# NTSB SEA76AS023: Cessna 150J, N50490, Grants Pass, OR, October 28, 1975

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: October 28, 1975
- Place: Grants Pass, OR · GRANTS PASS, OR
- Location: 42.4319° N, 123.3332° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Grants Pass, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4319&lon=-123.3332&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report December 11, 1975
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 151627
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA76AS023
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA76AS023

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3410  75/10/28   GRANTS PASS,OR      CESSNA 150J         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 33, 110
        TIME - 2005                    N50490              PX-  1  0  0  PRACTICE                  TOTAL HOURS, 48 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - JOSEPHINE COUNTY
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          GRANTS PASS,OR              LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION
        FACTOR(S)
           PERSONNEL - OPERATIONAL SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT CREW
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING
           WEATHER - FOG
        WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED
        WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER CONSIDERABLY WORSE THAN FORECAST
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          SCATTERED                                                 200
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          1/4 MILE OR LESS                                         NONE
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TEMPERATURE-F
          FOG                                                       40
        TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS                               TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          VFR                                                      NONE
        REMARKS- TKOF WITH LOW SCATTERED CLOUDS.ENCOUNTERED FOG AT DEP END OF RWY,LOST CTL IN LEFT TURN.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N50490](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N50490-1976-01-12), registration cancelled 1976-01-12, S/N 15069342, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150J
- Registry model: [Cessna 150J](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150j) (registry code 2071820) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Josephine County

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19751028037789A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19751028037789A), Oct 28, 1975: Cessna 150J, Grants Pass, OR, Destroyed. Tkof with low scattered clouds. Encountered fog at dep end of rwy,lost ctl in left turn.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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