# Accident 19791115032999A: Cessna 150B, Boulder City, NV, November 15, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 15, 1979, 17:30 local time
- Place: Boulder City, NV
- Airport: Boulder City
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9989° N, 114.8132° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOULDER CITY (52NV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9989&lon=-114.8132&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1162Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1162Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150B (registry code 2071806, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,700 total, 0 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80FVW05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FVW05) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791115032999A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT ON NIGHT APPROACH TO AIRPORT RUNWAY. LANDED ON HIGHWAY. HIT DITCH. FOUND FUEL EXHAUSTION.

## 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 LAX80FVW05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FVW05), Nov 15, 1979: Cessna 150B (N1162Y), Boulder City, NV, substantial damage

## Other reports on N1162Y (1)

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

- [Incident 19871103073009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871103073009I), Nov 3, 1987: Cessna 150B (N1162Y), Ogden, UT, Minor damage. Pilot hand propped aircraft. Engine started. Passenger released brakes. Aircraft struck another aircraft.

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.