# Accident 19740503011429A: Cessna 150K, San Diego, CA, May 3, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 3, 1974
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Airport: Montgomery
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Location: 32.7153° N, 117.1573° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Diego, CA, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7153&lon=-117.1573&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5978G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5978G-2019-04-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150K (registry code 2071822, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150K
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,438 total, 830 in this make and model, 252 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX74FUM30](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX74FUM30) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740503011429A

## Narrative

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

IP WAITED TOO LONG BEFORE CORRECTING STUDENT

## 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 LAX74FUM30](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX74FUM30), May 3, 1974: Cessna 150 (N5978G), San Diego, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5978G (3)

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

- [Incident 20171220023349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171220023349I), Dec 20, 2017: Cessna 150K (N5978G), Tucson, AZ, Minor damage. On 12/20/2017 at 1207MST / 1907Z at tus airport, N5978G a CE-150-K was traveling northwest bound on taxiway alpha after landing rwy 11L. Prior there was some…
- [Incident 19921118052449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921118052449I), Nov 18, 1992: Cessna 150K (N5978G), Romona, CA. Engine quit in flight. Forced landing. Fuel tanks empty.
- [Incident 19840917076659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840917076659I), Sep 17, 1984: Cessna 150K (N5978G), Cottonwood, AZ, Minor damage. Fuel exhaustion. Landed in field, nose gear collapsed.

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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