# Accident 19780512009939A: Cessna A150K, Sturgis, SD, May 12, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 12, 1978
- Place: Sturgis, SD
- Airport: Sturgis Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 44.4187° N, 103.3777° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at STURGIS MUNI (49B), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.4187&lon=-103.3777&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6278S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6278S-1979-12-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150G (registry code 2071816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A150K
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 71 total, 1 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC78FTK15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC78FTK15) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780512009939A

## Narrative

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

WIND GUSTS TO 50. WEATHER FOR STURGIS NOT AVAILABLE TO FSS PERSONFOR PILOT BRIEFING.

## 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 MKC78FTK15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC78FTK15), May 12, 1978: Cessna 150 (N6278S), Sturgis, SD, 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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