# Accident 19790630013759A: Cessna 150, Selma, CA, June 30, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 30, 1979, 12:50 local time
- Place: Selma, CA
- Airport: Selma
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.5810° N, 119.6570° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SELMA (0Q4), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.5810&lon=-119.6570&mi=10
- Aircraft: N66436 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10 total, 10 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK79DVA46](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK79DVA46) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790630013759A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT ALLOWED ACFT TO BALLOON OFF RUNWAY. ACFT VEERED LEFT OF RUNWAY AND HIT GROUND IN A STALL.

## 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 OAK79DVA46](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK79DVA46), Jun 30, 1979: Cessna 150 (N66436), Selman, 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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