# Accident 19731028035339A: Cessna A150K, Watsonville, CA, October 28, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 28, 1973
- Place: Watsonville, CA
- Airport: Watsonville
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 36.9357° N, 121.7896° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WATSONVILLE MUNI (WVI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9357&lon=-121.7896&mi=10
- Aircraft: N10851, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N10851-1973-12-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150L (registry code 2071826, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A150K
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,540 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK74AP019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK74AP019) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731028035339A

## Narrative

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

FLEW UNDER PWR LINES INTO HILL SIDE. PLT LEFT 2 SUICIDE NOTES. HAD DEP MODESTO WITHOUT TWR CLNC.

## 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 OAK74AP019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK74AP019), Oct 28, 1973: Cessna 150L (N10851), Watsonville, CA, 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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