# Accident 19731209039269A: Cessna 150L, Humacao, Puerto Rico, December 9, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 9, 1973
- Place: Humacao, Puerto Rico
- Airport: Humacao
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 18.1496° N, 65.8182° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Humacao, PR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.1496&lon=-65.8182&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1707Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1707Q) (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: 38 total, 37 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA74FKA07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74FKA07) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731209039269A

## Narrative

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

GRASS 4 TO 5FT TALL ON SIDES OF RWY.

## 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 MIA74FKA07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74FKA07), Dec 9, 1973: Cessna 150 (N1707Q), Humacao, PR, substantial damage

## Other reports on N1707Q (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20231210020499A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231210020499A), Dec 10, 2023: Cessna 150L (N1707Q), Lajas, PR, Substantial damage. On Sunday, December 10, 2023, at 17:50 local time (2150 zulu), the pilot and a passenger were departing from an uncharted airfield at the municipality of Lajas…
- [Accident 19760516012279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760516012279A), May 16, 1976: Cessna 150L (N1707Q), Moca, Puerto Rico, Substantial damage. 1 Wing struck steel sugar cane wagon during ldg roll. Throttle control bolt to carburetor missing.

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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