# Accident 19730522012872A: Cessna A150K, Harlingen, TX, May 22, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 22, 1973
- Place: Harlingen, TX
- Airport: Industrial
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 26.1906° N, 97.6961° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Harlingen, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1906&lon=-97.6961&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5116G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5116G-2018-06-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150G (registry code 2071816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A150K
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 9,999 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW73DRG85](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW73DRG85) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730522012872A

## Narrative

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

DRG LDG ROLL OUT R WING OF CESSNA HIT BY L WING OF P47D THAT LNDD BEHIND THE CESSNA.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N47DE, Repblc P47D: [Accident 19730522012871A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730522012871A)

## 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 FTW73DRG85](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW73DRG85), May 22, 1973: Cessna 150 (N5116G), Harlingen, TX, 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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.