# Incident 19790805029519I: Cessna 150, Vacaville, CA, August 5, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 1979, 21:30 local time
- Place: Vacaville, CA
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3586° N, 121.9686° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Vacaville, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3586&lon=-121.9686&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4296U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4296U-2012-11-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150D (registry code 2071810, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150d) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 250 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/19790805029519I

## Narrative

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

FUEL EXHAUSTION. NO DAMAGE. UNABLE TO OBTAIN FUEL AT PROJECTED AIRPORT.

## Other reports on N4296U (1)

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

- [Accident 20100410031379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100410031379A), Apr 10, 2010: Cessna 150 (N4296U), Stanley, ID, Substantial damage. Flight was from boise to hailley. During the flight VFR conditions deteriorated and prevented the pilot from being able to climb over galena summit. The pilot…

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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