# Accident 19740121000599A: Cessna A150K, Reno, NV, January 21, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 21, 1974
- Place: Reno, NV
- Airport: Reno/Stead
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 39.6682° N, 119.8764° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RENO/STEAD (RTS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6682&lon=-119.8764&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8307M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8307M-1974-02-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A150K (registry code 2071824, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a150k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A150K
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 56 total, 36 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK74AP035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK74AP035) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740121000599A

## Narrative

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

DARK NIGHT.APCH TO UNLIGHTED ARPT.RCVRD 1/22/74.

## 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 OAK74AP035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK74AP035), Jan 21, 1974: Cessna A150K (N8307M), Reno, NV, 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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