# Accident 19730816027189A: Cessna 150L, Westfield, MA, August 16, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 1973
- Place: Westfield, MA
- Airport: Barnes
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Location: 42.1251° N, 72.7495° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Westfield, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1251&lon=-72.7495&mi=10
- Aircraft: N19488, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N19488-1983-04-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150L (registry code 2071826, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14 total, 14 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC74FNE03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74FNE03) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730816027189A

## Narrative

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

LOSS DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING TOUCH AND GO COLLIDED WITH RWY SIGN.

## 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 NYC74FNE03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74FNE03), Aug 16, 1973: Cessna 150 (N19488), Westfield, MA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N19488 (1)

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

- [Accident 19821206064209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821206064209A), Dec 6, 1982: Cessna 150L (N19488), Snow Hill, NC, Destroyed. Engine seized en route at night. Struck a ditch on forced landing. Oil drain plug had failed,allowing oil to escape

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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