# Accident 19730918041399A: Cessna 150L, Birchwood, AK, September 18, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 18, 1973
- Place: Birchwood, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 61.4053° N, 149.4689° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Birchwood, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.4053&lon=-149.4689&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5352Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5352Q-1974-02-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150L (registry code 2071826, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 94 total, 49 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC74AA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC74AA035) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730918041399A

## Narrative

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

CRASHED ON MTN STEEP NOSEDOWN ATT.RCVRD 9/20/73.MISC-LOSS OF CONTROL FOR UNDETERMINED REASON

## 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 ANC74AA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC74AA035), Sep 18, 1973: Cessna 150L (N5352Q), Birchwood, AK, 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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