# Accident 19740413012742A: Cessna 150L, Bakersfield, CA, April 13, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 13, 1974
- Place: Bakersfield, CA
- Airport: Meadows Field
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 35.4339° N, 119.0577° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MEADOWS FLD (BFL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4339&lon=-119.0577&mi=10
- Aircraft: N10513, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N10513-1976-05-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150L (registry code 2071826, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,837 total, 1,014 in this make and model, 143 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX74DVA55](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX74DVA55) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740413012742A

## Narrative

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

C-150 STDT PLT TAXIED FROM R ONTO TAXIWAY BEECH WAS USING.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N772W, Beech C45H: [Accident 19740413012741A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740413012741A)

## 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 LAX74DVA55](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX74DVA55), Apr 13, 1974: Cessna 150 (N10513), Bakersfield, CA, destroyed

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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