# Accident 19810307010562A: Cessna 150M, Chugiak, AK, March 7, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 7, 1981, 10:00 local time
- Place: Chugiak, AK
- Airport: Birchwood
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.4161° N, 149.5083° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BIRCHWOOD (BCV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.4161&lon=-149.5083&mi=10
- Aircraft: N704KL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N704KL-2020-09-04) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 213 total, 87 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC81FA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC81FA024) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810307010562A

## Narrative

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

COLLIDED WITH N7022F WHILE ON BASE LEG FOR LANDING. N7022F CAME UP FROM BEHIND. BOTH LANDED SAFELY.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N7022F, Cessna 150F: [Accident 19810307010561A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810307010561A)

## 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 ANC81FA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC81FA024), Mar 7, 1981: Cessna 150 (N704KL), Chugiak, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N704KL (1)

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

- [Incident 19830602038509I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830602038509I), Jun 2, 1983: Cessna 150M (N704KL), Anchorage, AK, Minor damage. Wake turbulence from a departing 747 lifted the aircraft as it sat idling waiting for takeoff.

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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