# Accident 19730326005749A: Cessna 150L, Decatur, TX, March 26, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 26, 1973
- Place: Decatur, TX
- Airport: Decatur
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 33.2542° N, 97.5805° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DECATUR MUNI (LUD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2542&lon=-97.5805&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1266Q (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,892 total, 67 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW73DPD28](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW73DPD28) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730326005749A

## Narrative

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

FINAL APCH SPEED IND 80MPH.SKID MARKS ON RWY ABT 200-250FT BFR ACFT SLID OFF THE END.

## 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 FTW73DPD28](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW73DPD28), Mar 26, 1973: Cessna 150 (N1266Q), Decatur, TX, substantial damage

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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