# Accident 19750113002179A: Cessna 150K, Miami, FL, January 13, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 13, 1975
- Place: Miami, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 25.7743° N, 80.1937° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Miami, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.7743&lon=-80.1937&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5640G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5640G-2023-12-30) (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 150K
- Reported engine: CONT
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,400 total, 1,140 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA75DKT58](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA75DKT58) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750113002179A

## Narrative

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

VALVE FAILED.RESULTED IN CYLINDER DAMAGE.

## 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 MIA75DKT58](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA75DKT58), Jan 13, 1975: Cessna 150 (N5640G), Miami, FL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5640G (1)

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

- [Incident 19860615033679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860615033679I), Jun 15, 1986: Cessna 150K (N5640G), Slaughterville, OK. Solo students engine quit due to fuel exhaustion. Landed without damage on a field.

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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