# Incident 19780919020089I: Cessna 150M, Worcester, MA, September 19, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 19, 1978, 17:08 local time
- Place: Worcester, MA
- Airport: Municipal
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2626° N, 71.8023° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Worcester, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2626&lon=-71.8023&mi=10
- Aircraft: N714SS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N714SS) (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: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 120 total, 100 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780919020089I

## Narrative

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

PILOT BECAME DISORIENTED AND MADE TOUCH AND GOES AT CONTROLLED AIRPORT WITHOUT TOWER COMMUNICATION.

## Other reports on N714SS (2)

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

- [Incident 19880814060259I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880814060259I), Aug 14, 1988: Cessna 150M (N714SS), Palo Alto, CA, Minor damage. Student made hard landing and damaged nosewheel. He said vibration distracted him.
- [Accident 19770522013029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770522013029A), May 22, 1977: Cessna A150K (N714SS), Haverhill, MA, Substantial damage. Student plt flew solo in 1977 model Cessna, first time in acft, acft different fm other acft flown

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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