# Accident 19790820035659A: Cessna 150, Oakland, MD, August 20, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 1979, 13:30 local time
- Place: Oakland, MD
- Airport: Garrett Co
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5808° N, 79.3359° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GARRETT COUNTY (2G4), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5808&lon=-79.3359&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5344Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5344Q) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,504 total, 205 in this make and model, 53 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD79DA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79DA071) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790820035659A

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTED DOWNDRAFT PUT HIM AT AN ALTITUDE AT WHICH AIRCRAFT COULD NOT CLIMB OUT OF BOWL-SHAPED VALLEY.

## 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 IAD79DA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79DA071), Aug 20, 1979: Cessna 150 (N5344Q), Oakland, MD, destroyed

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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