# Accident 19790804024652A: Cessna 150, West Palm Beach, FL, August 4, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 1979, 11:00 local time
- Place: West Palm Beach, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.7153° N, 80.0534° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of West Palm Beach, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.7153&lon=-80.0534&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5111G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5111G-1983-12-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150G (registry code 2071816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 427 total, 275 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79FA111](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FA111) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790804024652A

## Narrative

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

MID-AIR COLLISION WITH PIPER N7708Y.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N7708Y, Piper PA30: [Accident 19790804024651A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790804024651A)

## 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 MIA79FA111](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FA111), Aug 4, 1979: Cessna 150 (N5111G), W Palm Beach, FL, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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