# Accident 19740127001979A: Cessna 150F, Minerl Wells, WV, January 27, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 27, 1974
- Place: Minerl Wells, WV
- Airport: Scott Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 39.1781° N, 81.5237° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Scott Field (WV64), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1781&lon=-81.5237&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8048S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8048S-2018-01-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150F (registry code 2071814, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 133 total, 81 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD74DIJ10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74DIJ10) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740127001979A

## Narrative

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

DRG LNDG APCH ACFT DRIFTED L,PLT LOST SIGHT OF WIND SOCK,HIT SOCK,LOST CTL HIT PARKED ACFT N3000X.

## 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 IAD74DIJ10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74DIJ10), Jan 27, 1974: Cessna 150F (N8048S), Minerl Wells, WV, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8048S (1)

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

- [Incident 19880516020719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880516020719I), May 16, 1988: Cessna 150F (N8048S), Parkersburg, WV, Minor damage. Solo student bounced and porpoised the aircraft on landing and collapsed the nose gear.

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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