# Accident 19731030037839A: Cessna 150L, Petaluma, CA, October 30, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 30, 1973
- Place: Petaluma, CA
- Airport: Petaluma Sky Ranc
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 38.2420° N, 122.6286° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Petaluma, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2420&lon=-122.6286&mi=10
- Aircraft: N16101, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N16101) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150L (registry code 2071826, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 40 total, 40 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK74DVD15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK74DVD15) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731030037839A

## Narrative

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

FULL PWR RECOVERY,NOSE HI.

## 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 OAK74DVD15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK74DVD15), Oct 30, 1973: Cessna 150 (N16101), Petaluma, CA, destroyed

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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