# Incident 19791201048419I: Cessna 150, Santa Monica, CA, December 1, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 1, 1979, 17:40 local time
- Place: Santa Monica, CA
- Airport: Municipal
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0109° N, 118.4982° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Monica, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0109&lon=-118.4982&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6211K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6211K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150M (registry code 2071830, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 44 total, 44 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/19791201048419I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT RAN OUT OF FUEL WHILE COMPLYING UNNECESSARILY WITH AIR TRAFFIC DELAYS, LANDED SAFELY IN FIELD.

## Other reports on N6211K (2)

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

- [Accident 20150424006522A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150424006522A), Apr 24, 2015: Cessna 150M (N6211K), Van Nuys, CA, Substantial damage. The C-150, N6211K, piloted by private pilot, [privacy data omitted], was taxiing north on "a" to the runup area, prior to departure. The DA20, N309EF, piloted…
- [Incident 19880206016009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880206016009I), Feb 6, 1988: Cessna 150M (N6211K), Moffett, CA. Student pilot ran out of fuel in palo alto traffic pattern. Made a forced landing at Moffett nas.

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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