# Incident 19790211006729I: Cessna 150L, Chapel Hill, NC, February 11, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 11, 1979, 19:15 local time
- Place: Chapel Hill, NC
- Airport: Horace Williams
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9283° N, 79.0401° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chapel Hill, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9283&lon=-79.0401&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1549Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1549Q-2008-06-25) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 64 total, 62 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/19790211006729I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON ROLLOUT AND STRUCK SNOWBANK AT RUNWAY EDGE.

## Other reports on N1549Q (2)

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

- [Accident 19820102001379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820102001379A), Jan 2, 1982: Cessna 150L (N1549Q), Charlotte, MI, Substantial damage. Undershot runway on landing approach in gusty crosswind. Struck a snow berm and flipped over.
- [Incident 19801008073259I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801008073259I), Oct 8, 1980: Cessna 150L (N1549Q), Lansing, MI. Forced landing after running out of fuel.

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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