# NTSB CHI74FEM11: Cessna 150L, N19345, Grand Rapids, MI, July 24, 1973

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: July 24, 1973
- Place: Grand Rapids, MI · GRAND RAPIDS, MI
- Location: 42.9634° N, 85.6681° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Grand Rapids, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9634&lon=-85.6681&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 13, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 189462
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI74FEM11
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74FEM11

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2120  73/7/24    GRAND RAPIDS,MICH   CESSNA 150L         CR-  0  0  1  MISCELLANEOUS             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 0810                    N19345              PX-  0  0  0  OTHER                     AGE 35, 2373 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            431 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - KENT COUNTY
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          GRAND RAPIDS,MICH          UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS                          TAXI: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE
        FACTOR(S)
           TERRAIN - OTHER
        REMARKS- ACFT HAD BEEN ON STATIC DISPLAY IN SHOPPING CENTER.TKOF FROM STREET,ABORTED.HIT FENCE DRG TAXI.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N19345](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N19345), registered now, S/N 15074355, built 1973 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Registry model: [Cessna 150L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (registry code 2071826) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Kent County

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19730724022089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730724022089A), Jul 24, 1973: Cessna 150L, Grand Rapids, MI, Substantial damage. Acft had been on static display in shopping center. Tkof from street,aborted. Hit fence drg taxi.

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.

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