# Accident 19730108000739A: Cessna 150F, Corona, CA, January 8, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 8, 1973
- Place: Corona, CA
- Airport: Corona Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 33.8977° N, 117.6024° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CORONA MUNI (AJO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8977&lon=-117.6024&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8780G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8780G-1995-08-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150F (registry code 2071814, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 335 total, 75 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX73FUG27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX73FUG27) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730108000739A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

HIT UNLIGHTED PWR LINE.CONTD TO SAFE LDG.VASI INSTALLED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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.

- [NTSB LAX73FUG27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX73FUG27), Jan 8, 1973: Cessna 150 (N8780G), Corona, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8780G (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19880605032809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880605032809I), Jun 5, 1988: Cessna 150F (N8780G), Riverside, CA, Minor damage. Touched down just short of runway causing gear to catch runway lip. Nose gear collapsed landing after go around.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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