# Accident 19761025034139A: Cessna 150L, Sparta, MI, October 25, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 1976
- Place: Sparta, MI
- Airport: Sparta
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Location: 43.1567° N, 85.7110° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sparta, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1567&lon=-85.7110&mi=10
- Aircraft: N17236, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N17236-1977-07-21) (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: 56 total, 56 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI77FEM08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI77FEM08) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761025034139A

## Narrative

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

FUELING FACILITIES CLOSED AT SPARTA,MI.PIC ATTEMPTED TO RETURN TO DESTINATION.

## 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 CHI77FEM08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI77FEM08), Oct 25, 1976: Cessna 150L (N17236), Sparta, MI, destroyed

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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