# Accident 19730514012429A: Cessna A150K, Malibu, CA, May 14, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 14, 1973
- Place: Malibu, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 34.0093° N, 118.7966° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Malibu, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0093&lon=-118.7966&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3928U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3928U-1973-07-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150E (registry code 2071812, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A150K
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 80 total, 80 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX73AL057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX73AL057) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730514012429A

## Narrative

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

PRACTISING AIR WORK. UN RECOVER. CRASHED IN OCEAN,ACFT SANK. RECOVERY DATE 5/15/73.

## 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 LAX73AL057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX73AL057), May 14, 1973: Cessna 150 (N3928U), Malibu, CA, destroyed, 1 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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