# Incident 19780519034149I: Cessna 150L, Charlottesville, VA, May 19, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 19, 1978, 16:02 local time
- Place: Charlottesville, VA
- Airport: Albermarle
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.0377° N, 78.4854° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Charlottesville, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0377&lon=-78.4854&mi=10
- Aircraft: N18228, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N18228-2017-02-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150L (registry code 2071826, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12 total, 12 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/19780519034149I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND STRUCK BOUNDARY LIGHT.

## Other reports on N18228 (1)

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

- [Accident 20160727011619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160727011619A), Jul 27, 2016: Cessna 150L (N18228), Williamsburg, VA, Substantial damage. The pilot was touching down for the last landing of his first solo flight. After touch down a deer ran onto the runway. The pilot had already began applying…

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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