# Accident 19780518042562A: Cessna A150K, Memphis, TN, May 18, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 18, 1978
- Place: Memphis, TN
- Airport: Memphis International
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 35.1495° N, 90.0490° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Memphis, TN, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1495&lon=-90.0490&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6423K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6423K-1978-06-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150M (registry code 2071830, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A150K
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,615 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA78AA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA78AA013) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780518042562A

## Narrative

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

CONTROLLER OF CESSNA NOT AWARE THAT FALCON WAS BEING VECTORED TO ERSE HIS AIRSPACE.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N121GW, Amd FALCOND: [Accident 19780518042561A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780518042561A)

## 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 DCA78AA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA78AA013), May 18, 1978: Cessna 150M (N6423K), Memphis, TN, destroyed, 6 fatal

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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