# Accident 19770120001659A: Cessna 150M, Langley, WA, January 20, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 20, 1977
- Place: Langley, WA
- Airport: Whidbey Airpark
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 48.0175° N, 122.4377° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WHIDBEY AIR PARK (W10), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.0175&lon=-122.4377&mi=10
- Aircraft: N66043, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N66043-2015-05-11) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 302 total, 94 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA77FYE08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA77FYE08) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770120001659A

## Narrative

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

RUDDER GUST LOCK ENGAGED.ICE ON WINGS.OVERWEIGHT

## 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 SEA77FYE08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA77FYE08), Jan 20, 1977: Cessna 150 (N66043), Langley, WA, substantial damage

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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