# Accident 19780507042539A: Cessna A150K, West Chester, PA, May 7, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 7, 1978
- Place: West Chester, PA
- Airport: West Chester
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Location: 39.9599° N, 75.6054° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of West Chester, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9599&lon=-75.6054&mi=10
- Aircraft: N63176, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N63176-2013-08-05) (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 A150K
- Reported engine: CONT O200*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 499 total, 105 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC78FA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC78FA049) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780507042539A

## 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 NYC78FA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC78FA049), May 7, 1978: Cessna 150M (N63176), West Chester, PA, destroyed

## Other reports on N63176 (1)

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

- [Accident 19770912035789A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770912035789A), Sep 12, 1977: Cessna 150M (N63176), Blue Bell, PA, Substantial damage. Ip aware of acfts low alt.

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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