# Accident 19751211040819A: Cessna 150L, Fairfield, NJ, December 11, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 11, 1975
- Place: Fairfield, NJ
- Airport: Caldwell Wright
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 40.8837° N, 74.3060° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fairfield, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8837&lon=-74.3060&mi=10
- Aircraft: N19145, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N19145-1976-02-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150L (registry code 2071826, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,041 total, 2,510 in this make and model, 394 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC76FHM17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC76FHM17) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19751211040819A

## Narrative

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

LONG FINAL,OTR TRAFFIC IN PATTERN.HIT TREES NR APCH END OF RWY.

## 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 NYC76FHM17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC76FHM17), Dec 11, 1975: Cessna 150 (N19145), Fairfield, NJ, 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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