# Accident 19790724018679A: Cessna 150, Waukesha, WI, July 24, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 1979, 19:20 local time
- Place: Waukesha, WI
- Airport: Waukesha Co
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.0410° N, 88.2371° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WAUKESHA COUNTY (UES), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0410&lon=-88.2371&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3416V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3416V-1979-11-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150M (registry code 2071830, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 956 total, 221 in this make and model, 229 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI79DEP65](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79DEP65) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790724018679A

## Narrative

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

BLOWN OVERY BY STRONG WIND ON TAIL OF ACFT WHILE TAXIING BACK FROM LANDING. FACTOR FAST MOVING THUNDERSTORM.

## 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 CHI79DEP65](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79DEP65), Jul 24, 1979: Cessna 150 (N3416V), Waukesha, WI, substantial damage

## Other reports on N3416V (1)

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

- [Incident 19790210006329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790210006329I), Feb 10, 1979: Cessna 150M (N3416V), Waukesha, WI, Minor damage. Aircraft struck snowbank on side of runway after landing.

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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