# Accident 19731020033459A: Cessna A150K, Britton, TX, October 20, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 20, 1973
- Place: Britton, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 32.5485° N, 97.0678° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Britton, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5485&lon=-97.0678&mi=10
- Aircraft: N51388, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N51388-1973-11-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150J (registry code 2071820, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A150K
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 45 total, 45 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW74AF023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74AF023) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731020033459A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO GRND AFTER RECOVERY FROM NEAR VERTICAL DIVE. PLT PREVIOUSLY BUZZED HOUSE.

## 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 FTW74AF023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74AF023), Oct 20, 1973: Cessna 150J (N51388), Britton, TX, destroyed, 1 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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