# Accident 19780611021199A: Cessna A150K, Culpeper, VA, June 11, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 11, 1978
- Place: Culpeper, VA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 38.4703° N, 77.9998° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Culpeper, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4703&lon=-77.9998&mi=10
- Aircraft: N65408, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N65408) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A150K
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 34 total, 34 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD78FIA09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD78FIA09) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780611021199A

## 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 IAD78FIA09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD78FIA09), Jun 11, 1978: Cessna 152 (N65408), Culpeper, VA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N65408 (1)

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

- [Incident 20131205025949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131205025949I), Dec 5, 2013: Cessna 152 (N65408), New Smyrna Beac, FL, Minor damage. N65408 departed massey air ranch (X50) on a maintenance flight for the purpose of breaking in newly-overhauled engine cylinders. The pilot stated that he…

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.