# Incident 19780503031729I: Cessna 150, Diagonal, IA, May 3, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 3, 1978, 16:27 local time
- Place: Diagonal, IA
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8109° N, 94.3415° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Diagonal, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8109&lon=-94.3415&mi=10
- Aircraft: N66271, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N66271) (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 150
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 120 total, 82 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780503031729I

## Narrative

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

FORCED LANDING AFTER ENGINE QUIT DUE TO FUEL STARVATION.

## Other reports on N66271 (2)

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

- [Accident 19990809011239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990809011239A), Aug 9, 1999: Cessna 150M (N66271), Perry, IA, Substantial damage. Airspeed too low, applied power, lowered nose, bounced, veered off to left into soybean field. (-23) pilot was practicing landings at Perry, Iowa. On second…
- [Incident 19951201046059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951201046059I), Dec 1, 1995: Cessna 150M (N66271), Pella, IA. Narrative: on 12/1/95, N66271 departed joliet park district airport (jot) at 1500 CST enroute to des moines, Iowa (dsm). The aircraft was fueled at jot with…

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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