# Accident 19780520012079A: Cessna A150K, Allentown, PA, May 20, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 1978
- Place: Allentown, PA
- Airport: Allentown
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Location: 40.5936° N, 75.4784° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Allentown, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5936&lon=-75.4784&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5941G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5941G-1982-08-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150K (registry code 2071822, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A150K
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,215 total, 1,305 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC78FHA23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC78FHA23) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780520012079A

## Narrative

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

PILOT HAND PROP UNATTENDED ACFT.STRUCK CESSNA NT835U-MINOR DMG.

## 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 NYC78FHA23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC78FHA23), May 20, 1978: Cessna 150 (N5941G), Allentown, PA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5941G (1)

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

- [Accident 19740720023279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740720023279A), Jul 20, 1974: Cessna 150K (N5941G), Aqueboque, NY, Substantial damage. Acft bounced nosewheel buckled on ctc with gnd.

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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