# Accident 19730817026969A: Cessna 150L, Santee, CA, August 17, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 1973
- Place: Santee, CA
- Airport: Gillespie
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Location: 32.8262° N, 116.9724° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GILLESPIE FLD (SEE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8262&lon=-116.9724&mi=10
- Aircraft: N18151 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 424 total, 103 in this make and model, 46 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX74AL015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX74AL015) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730817026969A

## Narrative

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

TIE DOWN AREA OF TAIL UNDER REPAIR.THRU MISUNDERSTANDING ACFT TAKEN BFOR COMP.HIT TIE DOWN RING.

## 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 LAX74AL015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX74AL015), Aug 17, 1973: Cessna 150L (N18151), Santee, CA, 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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