# Accident 19730618020949A: Cessna A150K, Sterling, CO, June 18, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 18, 1973
- Place: Sterling, CO
- Airport: Crosson Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 40.6205° N, 103.1926° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sterling, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6205&lon=-103.1926&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7735F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7735F-1973-11-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150 (registry code 2071802, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A150K
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 283 total, 266 in this make and model, 58 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN74DTE11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN74DTE11) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730618020949A

## Narrative

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

WND GUSTING 50K.PLT LNDD AFT ENCTR HIGH GUSTS.THEN CONT ON NEXT LEG OF FLT.

## 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 DEN74DTE11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN74DTE11), Jun 18, 1973: Cessna 150 (N7735F), Sterling, CO, 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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