# Accident 19750905028599A: Cessna 150L, Bangor, ME, September 5, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 1975
- Place: Bangor, ME
- Airport: Bangor International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Location: 44.8074° N, 68.8281° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BANGOR INTL (BGR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8074&lon=-68.8281&mi=10
- Aircraft: N11196, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N11196) (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: 122 total, 116 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC76DNC17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC76DNC17) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750905028599A

## Narrative

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

PLT ENCOUNTERED STRONG HEAD WINDS,THOUGHT MACHIAS ARPT UNMANNED CONT FLT TO BANGOR.

## 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 NYC76DNC17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC76DNC17), Sep 5, 1975: Cessna 150L (N11196), Bangor, ME, substantial damage

## Other reports on N11196 (1)

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

- [Accident 19830706030799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830706030799A), Jul 6, 1983: Cessna 150L (N11196), Stow, MA. Wife of a passenger walked into idling propeller while approaching aircraft from the front in the dark.

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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