# Accident 19780909043469A: Cessna 150M, Millbury, MA, September 9, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 9, 1978
- Place: Millbury, MA
- Airport: Oxford
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 42.1940° N, 71.7601° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Millbury, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1940&lon=-71.7601&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9470U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9470U-2009-09-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150M (registry code 2071830, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 99 total, 71 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC78FA089](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC78FA089) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780909043469A

## Narrative

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

BLOOD ALCOHOL LVL 0.19 PCT.BLOOD CONTAMINATED WITH BODY FLUIDS.

## 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 NYC78FA089](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC78FA089), Sep 9, 1978: Cessna 150M (N9470U), Millbury, MA, destroyed, 2 fatal

## Other reports on N9470U (1)

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

- [Accident 19771029036669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19771029036669A), Oct 29, 1977: Cessna 150M (N9470U), Mansfield, MA, 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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