# Incident 19790310019739I: Cessna 150L, Sparks, NV, March 10, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 10, 1979, 08:05 local time
- Place: Sparks, NV
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5349° N, 119.7527° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sparks, NV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5349&lon=-119.7527&mi=10
- Aircraft: N19281, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N19281-2000-01-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150L (registry code 2071826, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,510 total, 600 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/19790310019739I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LANDED ON HIGHWAY AFTER ENGINE FAILURE. BOLT IN THE THROTTLE LINKAGE DISENGAGED, THROTTLE WENT TO IDLE.

## Other reports on N19281 (3)

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

- [Accident 19981112031642A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981112031642A), Nov 12, 1998: Cessna 150L (N19281), Yerington, NV, Destroyed, 2 fatal. (.4)The accident sequence was observed by airborne and ground witnesses. Both aircraft departed on runway 19. N19281, a Cessna 150L, departed first and made a…
- [Incident 19820117003709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820117003709I), Jan 17, 1982: Cessna 150L (N19281), Reno, NV, Minor damage. Pilot was cleared to pass rear of parked jet with caution, jet started engine, lifted 150 on nose and right wing.
- [Accident 19740830030959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740830030959A), Aug 30, 1974: Cessna 150L (N19281), San Jose, CA, Substantial damage. Porpoised ldg. 1st solo.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.