# Accident 19730716020249A: Cessna 150L, Sussex, NJ, July 16, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 16, 1973
- Place: Sussex, NJ
- Airport: Sussex
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Location: 41.2002° N, 74.6230° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SUSSEX (FWN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2002&lon=-74.6230&mi=10
- Aircraft: N17065, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N17065) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150L (registry code 2071826, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 697 total, 389 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC74FHA02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74FHA02) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730716020249A

## Narrative

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

LNDD IN SOFT MARSH-TYPE FLD.

## 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 NYC74FHA02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74FHA02), Jul 16, 1973: Cessna 150 (N17065), Sussex, NJ, substantial damage

## Other reports on N17065 (2)

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

- [Accident 19820131003519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820131003519A), Jan 31, 1982: Cessna 150L (N17065), Caldwell, NJ, Substantial damage. Student allowed airplane to slip left on level off, hit snowbank then veered off other side and nosed over.
- [Incident 19790626017099I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790626017099I), Jun 26, 1979: Cessna 150L (N17065), Teterboro, NJ. Pilot told to hold short, taxied into position. Observed jet going around, taxied into the grass.

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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