# Accident 19790503007809A: Cessna 150, Fairfield, CA, May 3, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 3, 1979, 17:45 local time
- Place: Fairfield, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Simulated Forced Landing/Tkof
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2494° N, 122.0400° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fairfield, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2494&lon=-122.0400&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6683F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6683F-1982-09-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150F (registry code 2071814, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,515 total, 846 in this make and model, 34 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK79DVG34](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK79DVG34) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790503007809A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT FROZE ON CONTROLS DURING PRACTICE EMERGENCY LANDING.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB OAK79DVG34](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK79DVG34), May 3, 1979: Cessna 150 (N6683F), Grizzly Island, CA, 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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