# Incident 19780512033369I: Cessna 150M, Miami, FL, May 12, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 12, 1978, 21:12 local time
- Place: Miami, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- 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: N66661, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N66661-1994-02-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150M (registry code 2071830, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 140 total, 105 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/19780512033369I

## Narrative

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

FORCED LANDING AFTER POWER LOSS. THROTTLE CONTROL CAME LOOSE.

## Other reports on N66661 (1)

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

- [Accident 19880227005822A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880227005822A), Feb 27, 1988: Cessna 150M (N66661), West Palm Beach, FL, Substantial damage. Was overtaken and struck from above by N69133. Both aircraft on short final had announced position on UNICOM.

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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