# Accident 19780803029689A: Cessna 150E, Lawton, OK, August 3, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 1978
- Place: Lawton, OK
- Airport: Hilltop
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Location: 34.6087° N, 98.3903° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lawton, OK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6087&lon=-98.3903&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3955U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3955U-1981-05-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150E (registry code 2071812, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150E
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,700 total, 320 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW78FPJ35](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78FPJ35) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780803029689A

## Narrative

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

COLLIDED WITH WIND SOCK POLE.

## 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 FTW78FPJ35](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78FPJ35), Aug 3, 1978: Cessna 150 (N3955U), Lawton, OK, destroyed

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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