# Accident 19740502010299A: Cessna 150L, Fresno, CA, May 2, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 2, 1974
- Place: Fresno, CA
- Airport: Fresno Air Term
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Location: 36.7477° N, 119.7724° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fresno, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7477&lon=-119.7724&mi=10
- Aircraft: N10531, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N10531-2004-05-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150L (registry code 2071826, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 70 total, 64 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK74FVA62](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK74FVA62) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740502010299A

## Narrative

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

PLT LND FAST & TRIED TO FORCE ACFT ON GRND.

## 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 OAK74FVA62](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK74FVA62), May 2, 1974: Cessna 150L (N10531), Fresno, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N10531 (2)

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

- [Accident 20010603009969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010603009969A), Jun 3, 2001: Cessna 150L (N10531), Tulare, CA, Substantial damage, 1 fatal. (.19)On June 3, 2001, at 1000 hours pacific daylight time, a Cessna 150L, N10531, was substantially damaged when it crashed into a farm equipment yard shortly…
- [Accident 19790607034649A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790607034649A), Jun 7, 1979: Cessna 150 (N10531), Reedley, CA, Substantial damage. Student pilot lost directional control of acft during t/off roll. Veered off rwy. Hit ditch, flipped over.

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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