# Incident 19780910018759I: Cessna 150, San Diego, CA, September 10, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 10, 1978, 19:52 local time
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7153° N, 117.1573° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Diego, CA, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7153&lon=-117.1573&mi=10
- Aircraft: N45165, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N45165-1994-06-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150M (registry code 2071830, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 550 total, 0 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/19780910018759I

## Narrative

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

FORCED LANDING AFTER RUNNING OUT OF FUEL.

## Other reports on N45165 (2)

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

- [Accident 19920229004599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920229004599A), Feb 29, 1992: Cessna 150M (N45165), San Diego, CA, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Stalled on nose high climbout after instructions to change runway. Spun into ground and burned off end of runway.
- [Accident 19770521011829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770521011829A), May 21, 1977: Cessna 150M (N45165), Yuma, AZ, 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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