# NTSB SEA79FA060: Cessna 150, Sula, MT, September 20, 1979

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: September 20, 1979
- Place: Sula, MT · SULA, MT
- Location: 45.8462° N, 113.9575° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sula, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8462&lon=-113.9575&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report November 6, 1979
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 132905
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA79FA060
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA79FA060

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-0011  79/9/20  NR.SULA,MT            CESSNA 150          CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             CERTIFICATE OTHER, AGE
        TIME - 1507                    CG-CMZ              PX-  1  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  43, UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            UNK/NR IN TYPE, NOT
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION         LAST ENROUTE STOP
          CALGARY,ALBERTA,CAN         SUN VALLEY,ID                MISSOULA,MT
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL                                                    IN FLIGHT: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FLEW INTO BLIND CANYON
        FACTOR(S)
           TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
        MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED
        REMARKS- LOST CTL DURING TURN AROUND. RECOVERY DATE 9/28/79.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: CG-CMZ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

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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