# Accident 19781217040369A: Cessna A150K, Stow, MA, December 17, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 17, 1978
- Place: Stow, MA
- Airport: Minuteman
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Location: 42.4370° N, 71.5056° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Stow, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4370&lon=-71.5056&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6219G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6219G-2013-08-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150K (registry code 2071822, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150k) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 344 total, 343 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC79FNA08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79FNA08) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781217040369A

## Narrative

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

HIT C-172,N78179,SUBST DMG.WIND GUSTING 25K.

## 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 NYC79FNA08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79FNA08), Dec 17, 1978: Cessna 150K (N6219G), Stow, MA, 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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