# Accident 19760118010522A: Cessna 150K, Irvine, CA, January 18, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 18, 1976
- Place: Irvine, CA
- Airport: Orange Co
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 33.6695° N, 117.8231° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Irvine, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6695&lon=-117.8231&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5879G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5879G-1976-06-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150K (registry code 2071822, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150K
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 19 total, 16 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX76AL046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX76AL046) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760118010522A

## Narrative

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

N5879G STRUCK FRM BEHIND & BLO BY N60423.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N60423, Cessna 150J: [Accident 19760118010521A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760118010521A)

## 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 LAX76AL046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX76AL046), Jan 18, 1976: Cessna 150K (N5879G), Irvine, CA, destroyed, 3 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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