# Accident 19730321005719A: Cessna A150K, Newhall, CA, March 21, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 21, 1973
- Place: Newhall, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 34.3847° N, 118.5309° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Newhall, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.3847&lon=-118.5309&mi=10
- Aircraft: N51362, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N51362-1973-06-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150 (registry code 2071802, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A150K
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 105 total, 68 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX73AL045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX73AL045) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730321005719A

## Narrative

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

MTNS OBSCURED BY CLOUDS. RECOVERED 3/22/73. VFR FLT NOT RECOMMENDED BY FSS.

## 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 LAX73AL045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX73AL045), Mar 21, 1973: Cessna 150J (N51362), Newhall, CA, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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