19790531013969A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 150 · Pearsall, TX · May 31, 1979

Date
May 31, 1979 · 11:30 local
Place
Pearsall, TX
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N717LC
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW79FA084
Reported as
Cessna 150
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
725 total120 in this make and model51 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 was spotting cattle. Had full flaps down. Allowed aircraft to stall at low altitude.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS SPOTTING CATTLE. HAD FULL FLAPS DOWN. ALLOWED AIRCRAFT TO STALL AT LOW ALTITUDE.

NTSB investigation

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