# Accident 19770518013739A: Cessna 150L, Hilo, HI, May 18, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 18, 1977
- Place: Hilo, HI
- Airport: Gen Lyman Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 19.7225° N, 155.0868° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hilo, HI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=19.7225&lon=-155.0868&mi=10
- Aircraft: N18503, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N18503) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 44 total, 44 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK77DJA11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK77DJA11) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770518013739A

## Narrative

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

R WING HIT HANGAR.

## 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 OAK77DJA11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK77DJA11), May 18, 1977: Cessna 150 (N18503), Hilo, HI, substantial damage

## Other reports on N18503 (1)

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

- [Accident 19970911037899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970911037899A), Sep 11, 1997: Cessna 150L (N18503), Hilo, HI, Substantial damage. Crashed. Unknown circumstances. (.19) on September 11, 1997, at 1620 hours hawaiian standard time, a Cessna 150L, N18503, declared "mayday" and crashed under…

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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