# Incident 19791111053969I: Cessna 150L, Winnfield, LA, November 11, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 11, 1979, 07:30 local time
- Place: Winnfield, LA
- Airport: Municipal
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.9240° N, 92.6425° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Winnfield, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.9240&lon=-92.6425&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1537Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1537Q-2012-08-07) (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 150L
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 40 total, 40 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/19791111053969I

## Narrative

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

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START AIRCRAFT, FIRE BROKE OUT IN COWLING THEN CONSUMED COCKPIT. STARTER SYSTEM OVERHEATED.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.