# Accident 19730418009689A: Cessna 150G, Columbia, SC, April 18, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 18, 1973
- Place: Columbia, SC
- Airport: Owens Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 34.0007° N, 81.0348° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Columbia, SC, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0007&lon=-81.0348&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2860S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2860S-1974-07-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150G (registry code 2071816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150G
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 23 total, 23 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA73FLG44](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73FLG44) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730418009689A

## Narrative

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

NIGHT APCH,R WING HIT TELEPHONE POLE.NO NIGHT FLT RECORDED,REVOKED STUDENT PLT CERTIFICATE.

## 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 MIA73FLG44](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73FLG44), Apr 18, 1973: Cessna 150B (N2860S), Columbia, SC, destroyed

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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