# Incident 19790603029019I: Cessna 150K, Casper, WY, June 3, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 3, 1979, 18:25 local time
- Place: Casper, WY
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.8421° N, 106.3213° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Casper, WY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8421&lon=-106.3213&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5844G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5844G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150K (registry code 2071822, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150K
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 150 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/19790603029019I

## Narrative

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

PILOT RAN OUT OF FUEL 3 MILES SHORT OF THE AIRPORT.

## Other reports on N5844G (1)

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

- [Accident 19771214040479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19771214040479A), Dec 14, 1977: Cessna 150K (N5844G), Gillette, WY, Substantial damage. Student had feet on brakes.

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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