# Accident 19741113043619A: Cessna 150F, Santa Maria, CA, November 13, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 13, 1974
- Place: Santa Maria, CA
- Airport: Santa Maria
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 34.9331° N, 120.4436° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Maria, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9331&lon=-120.4436&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3026X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3026X-1975-10-06-15064426) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150F (registry code 2071814, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150F
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 215 total, 202 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX75AL026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX75AL026) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19741113043619A

## Narrative

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

TOOK OFF IN NEAR ZERO ZERO COND. RECOVERY DATE 11/15/74. RWY LTS NOTAMED INOP DATE OF ACCDT.

## 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 LAX75AL026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX75AL026), Nov 13, 1974: Cessna 150F (N3026X), Santa Maria, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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