# Accident 19730506011149A: Cessna 150L, Los Banos, CA, May 6, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 6, 1973
- Place: Los Banos, CA
- Airport: Los Banos
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Location: 37.0639° N, 120.8699° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LOS BANOS MUNI (LSN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0639&lon=-120.8699&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6669G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6669G-1989-09-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150L (registry code 2071826, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 44 total, 44 in this make and model, 44 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK73DVA60](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK73DVA60) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730506011149A

## Narrative

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

OBS SAW ACFT PORPOISE. GUSTING TO 20K.

## 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 OAK73DVA60](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK73DVA60), May 6, 1973: Cessna 150 (N6669G), Los Banos, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N6669G (2)

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

- [Accident 19870527016119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870527016119A), May 27, 1987: Cessna 150L (N6669G), San Jose, CA, Destroyed. The aircraft hit a tree on final during a night flight. The pilot had been drinking and taking pain medication.
- [Incident 19800608054769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800608054769I), Jun 8, 1980: Cessna 150L (N6669G), San Jose, CA, Substantial damage. Struck tied down aircraft while taxiing into parking area.

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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