# Accident 19740830028819A: Cessna 150J, El Paso, TX, August 30, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 1974
- Place: El Paso, TX
- Airport: Biggs Aaf
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 31.8495° N, 106.3801° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BIGGS AAF (FORT BLISS) (BIF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8495&lon=-106.3801&mi=10
- Aircraft: N50472, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N50472-2013-06-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150J (registry code 2071820, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150J
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 475 total, 301 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW75DQD11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW75DQD11) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740830028819A

## Narrative

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

PLT TXYD BHND LRG ACFT WTH ENGS TURNG UP

## 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 FTW75DQD11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW75DQD11), Aug 30, 1974: Cessna 150 (N50472), El Paso, TX, substantial damage

## Other reports on N50472 (1)

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

- [Accident 19911027048029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911027048029A), Oct 27, 1991: Cessna 150J (N50472), Hatch, NM, Substantial damage. Engine quit en route. Force landed in rough terrain stopping in a ravine. Fuel tanks were empty.

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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