# Accident 19771203038099A: Cessna 150L, Plano, TX, December 3, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 3, 1977
- Place: Plano, TX
- Airport: Dallas North
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 33.0198° N, 96.6989° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Plano, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0198&lon=-96.6989&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5217Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5217Q) (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: 15 total, 15 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW78DPA06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78DPA06) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19771203038099A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 FTW78DPA06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78DPA06), Dec 3, 1977: Cessna 150 (N5217Q), Plano, TX, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5217Q (2)

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

- [Incident 19910505025369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910505025369I), May 5, 1991: Cessna 150L (N5217Q), Southlane, TX. Made go-around with 30 degrees of flaps. Concern about poor performance. Elected to land in pasture.
- [Incident 19791224000329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791224000329I), Dec 24, 1979: Cessna 150L (N5217Q), Shulenberg, TX, Minor damage. Disoriented pilot landed on highway, struck fence post.

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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