# Accident 19730810024589A: Cessna 150K, Santa Ana, CA, August 10, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 1973
- Place: Santa Ana, CA
- Airport: Orange Co
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 33.7368° N, 117.8829° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Ana, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7368&lon=-117.8829&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5986G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5986G-1982-11-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150K (registry code 2071822, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150K
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 38 total, 38 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX74FUA02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX74FUA02) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730810024589A

## Narrative

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

TANKER PARKED IN TAXIWAY USED BY STUDENTS.

## 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 LAX74FUA02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX74FUA02), Aug 10, 1973: Cessna 150 (N5986G), Santa Ana, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5986G (1)

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

- [Accident 19810907056009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810907056009A), Sep 7, 1981: Cessna 150K (N5986G), Daggett, CA, Destroyed. Flying low over mountain terrain. Downdraft forced airplane into ground. Flipped over on impact.

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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