# Accident 19790717017339A: Cessna 150, Louisville, KY, July 17, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 17, 1979, 19:15 local time
- Place: Louisville, KY
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Sfl Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2542° N, 85.7594° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Louisville, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2542&lon=-85.7594&mi=10
- Aircraft: N18171, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N18171) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150L (registry code 2071826, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,479 total, 1,855 in this make and model, 106 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD79FLQ20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79FLQ20) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790717017339A

## Narrative

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

INSTRUCTOR WAS DEMONSTRATING EMERGENCY LANDING APPROACH. HIT WIRES. MADE NORMALLANDING.

## 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 IAD79FLQ20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79FLQ20), Jul 17, 1979: Cessna 172 (N18171), Louisville, KY, substantial damage

## Other reports on N18171 (2)

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

- [Incident 19880130038649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880130038649I), Jan 30, 1988: Cessna 150L (N18171), Morgantown, MD. Disoriented,received radar vectors to Hyde Field and landed safely.
- [Accident 19760609018889A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760609018889A), Jun 9, 1976: Cessna 150L (N18171), Charlestown, IN, Substantial damage. Oil accumulating on windshield.

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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