Cessna 150L N6861G

5 September 1974 · Southbury, Connecticut, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 5 September 1974 at about 08:30 local time, a Cessna 150L registered N6861G, operated by Aviation Servi, was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Southbury, Connecticut, United States. 2 people were on board and one died, one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 5 September 1974 at 08:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Southbury, Connecticut, United States
Nearest airport: Purchase Hill
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Cessna 150L
Registration: N6861G
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Aviation Servi
Operating rule: Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight: Practice
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-2699

People

1 person died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	1	1	0	0

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

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STUDENT PLT WITH PAX. HIT TREES.

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Where

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41.4815, -73.2132
Approximate. The NTSB did not record coordinates, so this marker sits at the centre of Southbury, Connecticut, United States, not at the accident site. How this is worked out.

Source

NTSB record 3-2699, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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