# Accident 19730621021439A: Cessna 150, Tallahassee, FL, June 21, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 21, 1973
- Place: Tallahassee, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 30.4383° N, 84.2807° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tallahassee, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4383&lon=-84.2807&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7908E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7908E-1973-06-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150 (registry code 2071802, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,114 total, 834 in this make and model, 234 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA73AM113](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73AM113) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730621021439A

## Narrative

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

DIDNT EVADE TSTM.L AIL CTL CABLE SEPARATED DUE LIGHTNING STRIKE.PLT LOST CTL,ACFT DISINTEGRATED.

## 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 MIA73AM113](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73AM113), Jun 21, 1973: Cessna 150 (N7908E), Tallahassee, FL, destroyed, 2 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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