Cessna 150 N6228T

17 June 1972 · San Diego, California, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 17 June 1972 at about 11:57 local time, a Cessna 150 registered N6228T, operated by Gibbs Flying S, was involved in an accident during in flight near San Diego, California, United States. 2 people were on board. In all, 5 people died in this accident, including people in another aircraft or on the ground. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 17 June 1972 at 11:57
Classification: Accident
Location: San Diego, California, United States
Nearest airport: Montgomery
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Cessna 150
Registration: N6228T
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Gibbs Flying S
Operating rule: Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight: Dual
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-2822

People

5 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	5	0	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.

Read the full NTSB narrative

BOTH ACFT HAD CTCD TWR FOR LDG INSTRUCTIONS. COLLIDED ON APCH TO DOWNWIND LEG.C-150 HIT APT BLDG.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-2822, 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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