# Accident 19761228038539A: Cessna 150E, California Cty, CA, December 28, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 28, 1976
- Place: California Cty, CA
- Airport: California City
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 35.1512° N, 118.0167° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CALIFORNIA CITY MUNI (L71), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1512&lon=-118.0167&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3986U (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150E
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 370 total, 222 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX77DUQ12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX77DUQ12) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761228038539A

## Narrative

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

GENERATOR OUT ENROUTE. HIT DIRT PILE TO R OF UNLTD RWY. BAT ELECTROLITE LOW & WOULD NOT HOLD CHG.

## 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 LAX77DUQ12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX77DUQ12), Dec 28, 1976: Cessna 150 (N3986U), California Cty, CA, substantial damage

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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