# Accident 19790922025949A: Cessna 150F, Sheridan, WY, September 22, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 22, 1979, 18:00 local time
- Place: Sheridan, WY
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.7962° N, 106.9642° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sheridan, WY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.7962&lon=-106.9642&mi=10
- Aircraft: N60752, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N60752-1980-11-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150J (registry code 2071820, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 575 total, 114 in this make and model, 143 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN79DTC28](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN79DTC28) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790922025949A

## Narrative

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

PLT OPER. ACFT AT LOW ALTITUDE OVER MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN. ACFT HIT DOWNDRAFT. UNABLE TO CLEAR RIDGE. LANDED IN TREES

## 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 DEN79DTC28](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN79DTC28), Sep 22, 1979: Cessna 150F (N60752), Nsheridan, WY, 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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