# Accident 19740223004611A: Cessna 150L, Tyler, TX, February 23, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 23, 1974
- Place: Tyler, TX
- Airport: Pounds Field
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 32.3513° N, 95.3011° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tyler, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3513&lon=-95.3011&mi=10
- Aircraft: N18563, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N18563-1974-04-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150L (registry code 2071826, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 100 total, 45 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW74AF063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74AF063) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740223004611A

## Narrative

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

DEPARTING CESSNA MADE CLIMBING L TURN.PA-28 N4275T ENTERING DNWIND RWY 22.COLL IN TRAFFIC PATTERN.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N4275T, Piper PA28140: [Accident 19740223004612A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740223004612A)

## 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 FTW74AF063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74AF063), Feb 23, 1974: Cessna 150 (N18563), Tyler, TX, 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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