# Accident 19730211003152A: Cessna 150L, Lexington, KY, February 11, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 11, 1973
- Place: Lexington, KY
- Airport: Blue Grass
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- Location: 38.0367° N, 84.6086° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BLUE GRASS (LEX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0367&lon=-84.6086&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5337Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5337Q-2010-10-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 41 total, 41 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI73ALQ20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI73ALQ20) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730211003152A

## Narrative

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

ACFT HAD STOPPED TO PERMIT OTHER ACFT TO PASS.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N1874Q, Cessna 177RG: [Accident 19730211003151A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730211003151A)

## 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 CHI73ALQ20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI73ALQ20), Feb 11, 1973: Cessna 150L (N5337Q), Lexington, KY, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5337Q (1)

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

- [Incident 19950107000849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950107000849I), Jan 7, 1995: Cessna 152 (N5337Q), Austin, TX, Minor damage. Narrative: this was a solo flight by the student pilot. During landing at Mueller airport in Austin, Texas, the aircraft began to porpoise. The pilot reported,…

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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