# Accident 19780724017289A: Cessna A150K, Grand Prairie, TX, July 24, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 1978
- Place: Grand Prairie, TX
- Airport: Grand Prairie
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Location: 32.6988° N, 97.0469° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GRAND PRAIRIE MUNI (GPM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6988&lon=-97.0469&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6337S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6337S-2013-08-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150G (registry code 2071816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150g) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 653 total, 566 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW78FPD25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78FPD25) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780724017289A

## Narrative

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

FUEL VENT BLOCKED BY INSECT LARVA AND NESTING MATERIALS.

## 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 FTW78FPD25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78FPD25), Jul 24, 1978: Cessna 150G (N6337S), Grand Prairie, TX, 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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