# Accident 19750511011579A: Cessna A150K, Battle Creek, MI, May 11, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 11, 1975
- Place: Battle Creek, MI
- Airport: W K Kellog
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Location: 42.3212° N, 85.1797° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Battle Creek, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3212&lon=-85.1797&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8452M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8452M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A150K (registry code 2071824, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a150k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A150K
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 35 total, 9 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI75FEM40](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI75FEM40) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750511011579A

## Narrative

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

DRG FLARE THE ACFT STARTED TO DRIFT TO R ACFT THEN BOUNCED AND CAME DWN NOSE FIRST.

## 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 CHI75FEM40](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI75FEM40), May 11, 1975: Cessna 150K (N8452M), Battle Creek, MI, substantial damage

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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