# Incident 19780926028669I: Cessna 150, Topeka, KS, September 26, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 26, 1978, 20:00 local time
- Place: Topeka, KS
- Airport: Phillip Billard M
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0483° N, 95.6780° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Topeka, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0483&lon=-95.6780&mi=10
- Aircraft: N16233, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N16233-2015-05-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150L (registry code 2071826, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 15 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/19780926028669I

## Narrative

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

PILOT ATTEMPTED TO HAND PROP PLANE. ENGINE STARTED AND AIRCRAFT RAN INTO OTHER PLANE.

## Other reports on N16233 (1)

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

- [Accident 19940326006589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940326006589A), Mar 26, 1994: Cessna 150L (N16233), Myrtle Beach, SC, Substantial damage. Snagged two banners by mistake on banner pick up. Stalled and settled into water near Beach.

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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