# Accident 19761029034209A: Cessna 150M, Banner Elk, NC, October 29, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 29, 1976
- Place: Banner Elk, NC
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 36.1590° N, 81.8678° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Banner Elk, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1590&lon=-81.8678&mi=10
- Aircraft: N88656, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N88656-2010-09-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150M (registry code 2071830, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,161 total, 786 in this make and model, 159 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD77DKM06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD77DKM06) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761029034209A

## Narrative

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

ENCTRD DOWNDRAFT UN CK DSCNT WITH FULL PWR.

## 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 IAD77DKM06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD77DKM06), Oct 29, 1976: Cessna 150 (N88656), Banner Elk, NC, substantial damage

## Other reports on N88656 (1)

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

- [Incident 19871016071499I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871016071499I), Oct 16, 1987: Cessna 150M (N88656), Noblesville, IN, Minor damage. The student pilot landed the aircraft in a crab, collapsing the nosewheel.

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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