# Accident 19791230036499A: Cessna 150M, Peyton, CO, December 30, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 30, 1979, 09:00 local time
- Place: Peyton, CO
- Airport: Meadow Lake
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9428° N, 104.5699° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MEADOW LAKE (FLY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9428&lon=-104.5699&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9424U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9424U-2013-10-29) (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 150M
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 770 total, 136 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN80DTE17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN80DTE17) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791230036499A

## Narrative

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

PILOT ATTEMPTED TO TAKE OFF ON A SNOW-COVERED RUNWAY. HE LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WHEN STRIKING SOFT SNOW.

## 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 DEN80DTE17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN80DTE17), Dec 30, 1979: Cessna 150M (N9424U), Peyton, CO, substantial damage

## Other reports on N9424U (1)

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

- [Accident 19820725031909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820725031909A), Jul 25, 1982: Cessna 150M (N9424U), Colorado Spring, CO, Destroyed. Aircraft crashed in mountainous terrain after encountering downdrafts.

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.