# Accident 19760818024819A: Cessna 150K, Petersburg, VA, August 18, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 1976
- Place: Petersburg, VA
- Airport: Petersburg Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 37.2047° N, 77.3924° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Petersburg, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2047&lon=-77.3924&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5793G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5793G-1976-09-21) (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: 61 total, 50 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD76AI094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76AI094) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760818024819A

## Narrative

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

ACFT OVERSHOT FINAL APCH PATH AT LOW ALT.

## 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 IAD76AI094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76AI094), Aug 18, 1976: Cessna 150H (N5793G), Petersburg, VA, destroyed, 1 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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