19790411011599A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 150 · Ft Lauderdale, FL · April 11, 1979

Date
April 11, 1979 · 03:45 local
Place
Ft Lauderdale, FL
Airport
Executive
Phase of flight
Forced Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N3231X
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA79FKT53
Reported as
Cessna 150
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
275 total150 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot on night pleasure flight became lost and ran out of fuel. Aircraft hit powerlines on landing.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT ON NIGHT PLEASURE FLIGHT BECAME LOST AND RAN OUT OF FUEL. AIRCRAFT HIT POWERLINES ON LANDING.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.