# Incident 19780212006419I: Cessna 150, Slatington, PA, February 12, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 12, 1978, 11:30 local time
- Place: Slatington, PA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7536° N, 75.6108° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Slatington, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7536&lon=-75.6108&mi=10
- Aircraft: N19118, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N19118) (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 150
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 26 total, 26 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780212006419I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AFTER LANDING ON ICY RUNWAY. ENDED FLIGHT IN A SNOWBANK.

## Other reports on N19118 (2)

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

- [Incident 19840820048509I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840820048509I), Aug 20, 1984: Cessna 150L (N19118), Kutztown, PA, Minor damage. Practicing for a sel flight check pilot undershot the runway. Wheels tangled in tall corn and pulled aircraft down.
- [Incident 19791022054629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791022054629I), Oct 22, 1979: Cessna 150L (N19118), Kutztown, PA, Substantial damage. Student pilot collapsed the nose wheel in hard landing.

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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