# Accident 19740405043659A: Cessna 150L, Ft Smith, AR, April 5, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 5, 1974
- Place: Ft Smith, AR
- Airport: Ft Smith
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Location: 35.3366° N, 94.3661° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT SMITH RGNL (FSM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3366&lon=-94.3661&mi=10
- Aircraft: N18604 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 34 total, 34 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW74DPG54](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74DPG54) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740405043659A

## Narrative

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

WIND GUSTS TO 23 KTS

## 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 FTW74DPG54](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74DPG54), Apr 5, 1974: Cessna 150 (N18604), Ft Smith, AR, substantial damage

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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