# Accident 19760609018889A: Cessna 150L, Charlestown, IN, June 9, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 9, 1976
- Place: Charlestown, IN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 38.4302° N, 85.6701° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Charlestown, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4302&lon=-85.6701&mi=10
- Aircraft: N18171, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N18171) (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
- Reported engine: CONT
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,632 total, 974 in this make and model, 295 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI76FEA43](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76FEA43) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760609018889A

## Narrative

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

OIL ACCUMULATING ON WINDSHIELD.

## 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 CHI76FEA43](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76FEA43), Jun 9, 1976: Cessna 150 (N18171), Charlestown, IN, substantial damage

## Other reports on N18171 (2)

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

- [Incident 19880130038649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880130038649I), Jan 30, 1988: Cessna 150L (N18171), Morgantown, MD. Disoriented,received radar vectors to Hyde Field and landed safely.
- [Accident 19790717017339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790717017339A), Jul 17, 1979: Cessna 150 (N18171), Louisville, KY, Substantial damage. Instructor was demonstrating emergency landing approach. Hit wires. Made normallanding.

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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