# NTSB SEA78FA025: Cessna 150L, N10627, Junction City, OR, April 11, 1978

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: April 11, 1978
- Place: Junction City, OR · JUNCTION CITY, OR
- Location: 44.2119° N, 123.2002° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Junction City, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.2119&lon=-123.2002&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report May 3, 1978
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 142629
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA78FA025
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA78FA025

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0506  78/4/11    JUNCTION CITY,OR    CESSNA 150L         CR-  1  0  0  INSTRUCTIONAL             STUDENT, AGE 23, 50 TOTAL
        TIME - 1520                    N10627              PX-  0  0  0  SOLO                      HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          EUGENE,OR                   LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED                  IN FLIGHT: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        REMARKS- IMPACTED IN VERTICAL NOSE DOWN WGS LEVEL ATTITUDE.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N10627](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N10627-1978-05-11), registration cancelled 1978-05-11, S/N 15074931, built 1973 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Registry model: [Cessna 150L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (registry code 2071826) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

## 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 19780411007459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780411007459A), Apr 11, 1978: Cessna A150K, Junction City, OR, Destroyed. Impacted in vertical nose down wgs level attitude.

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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